Prof. James Gita Hakim: MEPI Principal Investigator Professor of Medicine at the Department of Medicine, University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe

Abstract

The MEPI program in Zimbabwe started at exactly the same time as the other twelve MEPI programs, which was in October 2010. We had of course planned a comprehensive program while writing the competing application for the award. We had written what we thought was meritorious. When it was announced that we had won the grant, the immediate task was to translate all the activities that we had planned into practice. That is not always easy, especially with a program as complex as the MEPI program.