Transforming health professions’ education through in-country collaboration: examining the consortia among African medical schools catalyzed by the Medical Education Partnership Initiative

Table 1 Consortia and their membership: characteristics of each school

	School	Location	Year established	Ownership	Number of undergraduate students	Number of postgraduate trainees	Number of faculty
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa University College of Health Sciences	Addis Ababa	1964	Public	1,297	526	342
	Defense University College	Debre Zeit	2007	Public	58	0	36
	Haramaya University School of Medicine	Dire Dawa	2007	Public	902	0	51
	Hawassa University	Hawassa	2003	Public	1,026	71	79
Nigeria	University of Ibadan College of Medicine	Ibadan	1948	Public	1,419	1214	361
	Ahmadu Bello University, Faculty of Medicine	Zaria	1967	Public	551	310	266
	University of Jos, Faculty of Medical Sciences	Jos	1978	Public	2,766	205	149
	College of Medicine University of Lagos, Nigeria	Lagos	1962	Public	1,022	500	441
	University of Maiduguri College of Medical Sciences	Maiduguri	1978	Public	857	85	130
	University of Nigeria College of Medicine	Enugu	1970	Public	1,261	89	228
Uganda	Makerere University College of Health Sciences	Kampala	1924	Public	621	279	327
	Busitema University, Faculty of Health Sciences	Mbale	2013	Public	53	0	22
	Gulu University Faculty of Medicine	Gulu	2004	Public	346	7	27
	Kampala International University W.C. School of Medicine	Bushenyi Ishaka	2004	Private	1,136	0	109
	Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Medicine	Mbarara	1989	Public	364	33	89
Zambia	University of Zambia School of Medicine	Lusaka	1966	Public	495	333	86
	Cavendish University School of Medicine	Lusaka	2009	Private	--	--	--
	Copperbelt University School of Medicine	Ndola	2011	Public	225	10	47
	Lusaka Apex Medical University	Lusaka	2010	Private	97	10	40