Host Sites: MDS-AS Visiting Trainee Grants

Number of positions: 4
Estimated monthly costs: 500$ for institute. Monthly living 400$.
Support available from host site: N/A
Administrative requirements: A recommendation letter is required.
Visa is required.

Educational activities

• Attending movement disorders clinics
• Attending grand rounds
• Botulinum toxin injection
• Functionally neurosurgery / DBS for movement disorders
• Research
• General neurology training

Number of positions: 25
Estimated monthly costs: $3,500 USD
Support available from host site: N/A
Administrative requirements: A formal request and Visa are required for entry and stay in Kenya for the duration of training

Educational activities

• Organized Field School on Primates Behavioural studies in both captive and field-based primates

Number of positions: 5
Estimated monthly costs: US$1000- $2000
Support available from host site: N/A
Administrative requirements: US$200 - US$500 depending on the level of education
Visa is a requirement depending on the country of origin of the trainee

Educational activities

• Orthpaedic manual therapy
• Pelvic health rehabilitation
• Hemophiliic Patients Rehabilitation
• Neuro-Rehabilitation

Number of positions: 30-50
Estimated monthly costs: Negotiable, depending on the estimate
Support available from host site: N/A
Administrative requirements: N/A

Educational activities

• Lectures

Number of positions: 1
Estimated monthly costs: Accommodation, $1,000 USD.  Meals, $1,000 USD.  Transport, $400 USD. Institutional fees, $300 USD. Lab consumables and rodent purchase, $500 USD. 
Support available from host site: N/A
Administrative requirements: Trainees must apply for the visit to the Primary contact. The primary contact would initiate a letter to recommend the trainee to the host Institution. The trainee is responsible for all logistical arrangements and for securing the required visa, unless he or she is from Visa-exempt countries.

Educational activities

• Introduction to neuroscience - taught
• Introduction to ethics in research- taught
• Introduction to research method in Neuroscience-taught/practical
• Special lecture on basic science research on Parkinson's disease- taught/practical
• Modelling of Parkinson's disease in rodents-Practical
• Modelling pain in rodents induced with parkinson's disease

Number of positions: 10-20
Estimated costs: Training fees: $150 USD per person monthly
Support available from host site: Housing, electricity, technical support
Administrative requirements: Visa consideration for anyone outside West Africa. 

Educational activities

• Lectures
• Animal Handling
• Behavioral tests in rodents
• Immunohistochemistry
• Microscopy

Number of positions: 2
Estimated costs: $1000 monthly
Support available from host site: N/A
Administrative requirements: A recommendation letter is required. Visa is required except for West Africans.

Educational activities

• Movement disorders clinics (Parkinson's disease, Atypical parkinsonism, Ataxias, Dystonias, Choreas, Tremors, ...)
• Botulinum toxin injection
• Research in Movement disorders and parkinsonian syndroms
• Lectures, clinical case presentations, in-patient visits
• General neurology

Practicing neurologists in the department: 3

Health professionals in the department: 10

Number of positions: 2 per year
Estimated monthly costs:  $1000
Support available from host site: N/A
Administrative requirements: Visa can be required

Educational activities

• Training in examining and managing patients with movement disorders including Parkinson's disease, ataxias and dystonias.
• Training on Botulinum toxin injections.
• Attending weekly didactics.