William Bazeyo is a Ugandan

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specialist,

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, and

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. From September 2017 until October 2020, he was the deputy

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in charge of finance and administration at

Makerere University Makerere University, Kampala (; Mak) is Uganda's largest and oldest institution of higher learning, first established as a technical school in 1922. It became an independent national university in 1970. Today, Makerere University is composed of ni ...

. During the preceding eight years, he was the dean of the

Makerere University School of Public Health Makerere University School of Public Health (MUSPH) is one of the schools that comprise the Makerere University College of Health Sciences, a constituent college of Makerere University, Uganda's oldest and largest public university. Location MU ...

Background and education

Bazeyo was born in Uganda circa 1957. After attending local schools, he attended and graduated from the

Makerere University School of Medicine The Makerere University School of Medicine (MUSM), also known as the Makerere University Medical School, is the school of medicine of Makerere University, Uganda's oldest and largest public university. The medical school has been part of Makerer ...

with

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degrees. He then earned a

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from the

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at the

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. Later, in 2014, he graduated with a Doctor of Public Health degree from

Atlantic International University Atlantic International University, Inc. (AIU) is an unaccredited private for-profit distance learning university based in Honolulu, Hawaii. It was founded in December 1998 as Atlantic University, Inc.

Career

Bazeyo has been active in general practice and public health for two decades. He was a principal actor in the formation in 2005 of the Higher Education Alliance for Leadership Training for Health, which brings together seven schools of public health in six countries. He also serves as the director of the ''Centre for Tobacco Control in Africa'', which supports government efforts to build and sustain the capacity to regulate tobacco in Africa. In addition to his university assignments, Bazeyo serves as the chief-of-party at th
ResilientAfrica Network
which is composed of 20 universities in 16 African countries and whose mission is to strengthen the resilience of communities through education and innovative technologies and approaches.

Recognition

In April 2021, Professor Bazeyo was awarded an honorary

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degree by

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, in recognition of his body of work, specifically his efforts to promote cessation of smoking among humans.

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Makerere staff reveal the rot in Uganda's top university
, 6 August 2018 {{DEFAULTSORT:Bazeyo, William Living people 1959 births Ugandan general practitioners Ugandan public health doctors Makerere University alumni University of Singapore alumni Makerere University academics People from Sheema District People from Western Region, Uganda

Background and education

Career

Recognition

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