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Table 1 Occupational therapy and physiotherapy educational programs in Anglophone sub-Saharan Africa countries

From: Occupational therapy and physiotherapy education and workforce in Anglophone sub-Saharan Africa countries

Country

Institution

Occupational therapy

Physical therapy

Type of degree

Type of degree

Diploma

Bachelor’s

Master’s

Doctorate

Diploma

Bachelor’s

Master’s

Doctorate

Botswana

NA

        

Cameroon

NA

        

Ethiopia

Addis Ababa University

       

* X

University of Gondar

     

X

X

 

Eritrea

Asmara College of Health Science

    

X

   

The Gambia

None

        

Ghana

University of Ghana, Legion

 

X

   

X

  

University of Health and Allied Sciences

     

X

  

Kenya

The Presbyterian University of East Africa, Kikuyu

 

X

      

Kenya Medical Training College, Nairobi

X

       

JKUAT, Nairobi

 

X

   

X

  

Moi University, Eldoret

X

    

X

  

Great Lakes University of Kisumu

     

X

  

Lesotho

None

        

Liberia

None

        

Malawi

University of Malawi College of Medicine, Zomba

     

X

  

Mauritius

University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius

 

X

   

X

  

Namibia

None

        

Nigeria

Bayero University, Kano

 

X

   

X

X

X

Federal School of Occupational Therapy, Oshodi, Lagos

X

       

Nnamdi Azikiwe, University, Nnewi

     

X

  

Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife

 

X

   

X

X

X

University of Ibadan

     

X

X

X

University of Lagos, Lagos

     

X

X

X

University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus

     

X

X

X

University of Maiduguri

     

X

  
 

University of Benin

     

X

  

Seychelles

None

        

Sierra Leone

None

        

South Africa

South Africa

University of Cape Town, Cape Town

 

X

X

X

 

X

X

X

University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban

 

X

   

X

  

University of Limpopo Medunsa Campus, Medunsa

 

X

   

X

  

University of Pretoria, Arcadia

 

X

   

X

  

University of Stellenbosch, Tygerberg

 

X

X

  

X

  

University of the Free State, Bloemfontein

 

X

X

  

X

X

X

University of the Western Cape, Bellville

 

X

X

  

X

X

X

University of Witwatersrand, Parktown, Johannesberg

 

X

X

   

X

X

Swaziland

None

        

Tanzania

Tumaini University Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College

X

    

X

  

Uganda

Uganda Institute of Allied Health and Management Sciences

X

   

X

   

Mbarara University of Science and Technology

 

X

   

X

  

Zambia

Lusaka Apex Medical University, Lusaka

      

X

 

University of Zambia

     

X

X

 

Zimbabwe

University of Zimbabwe, Harare

 

X

   

X

X

 
  1. * X entry-level Doctorate of Physiotherapy, NA no data available