Students Services Bureau ( SSB)
STUDENTS HEALTH SERVICES:
- Sick students
- Admitted and out patient
STUDENTS ACCOMMODATION SERVICES:
- Room allocation
- Rental fees collection
- Enforce Students’ Tenancy Agreement
HOSTEL MAINTENANCE SERVICES:
- Reporting mechanism
- Follow up mechanism
- Educating students their accountability of proper use and maintaining facilities
CATERING SERVICES/CAFETERIA:
- Cleanness/hygienic – disposal of waster
- Environment, service provider, all process at the kitchen/food
- Food/juices preparation
- Saving dishes and other utensils
- Quality and quantity of food
- PR of service provider/servers
- Prices control
- Garbage disposal
HOSTEL CLEANNESS SERVICES
- Inside the hostels
- Outside the hostels
- Gardening
SECURITY ISSUES
- Security of student properties
- Reporting mechanism
- Awareness creation
SPORTS AND GAMES
- Leadership
- Sport gear
- Sport and time tabling
- Inter University sports competition and awards
- Meeting and preparation (in/out)
- In door games
ENTERTAINMENTS
- TV
- Talents shows
- Motivational and awards
Counseling and Guidance
1.Counseling and Guidance to Students and Staff
Academic Counseling:
Is offered to students who need help with time management. What to read, how and when.
Test anxiety, test taking,
Public speaking or other issues dealing with their academics and even their social.
Personal Counseling: (This can be individual or couples) is available for concerns such as:
- Grief resolution,
- Relationships,
- Family issues,
- Abuses,
- Eating disorders,
- Self-esteem,
Crisis Intervention: Is available for emergencies regarding student safety and well-being, these include:
- Suicidal thoughts or attempts
- Threats to other persons,
- Sexual attack and
- Severe depression.
For any students, or even staff who are concerned or came to know about the unusual, problematic or potentially harmful behavior of others Are also requested to report the cases to the counseling unit, so that we can solve the problem(s) i.e when you see any unusually behavior please report immediately. This is done not for the purpose of disclosing some ones information but for the case of helping him/her.
REFERRALS:
- For psychiatric cases consultations are also made by the Counseling unit to psychologists at the psychiatric Ward/Department at MNH
- For legal cases/ legal aid consultations are also made at legal unit/ to consult MUHAS legal officer/counsel
- Counseling respects and protects the individual student's/client’s right to privacy and believes that a commitment to confidentiality is very important to effective and successful counseling.
- Information which is obtained in the context of a counseling relationship may be released to other individuals and agencies only with the student’s permission. There are some exceptions, these exceptions include situations involving threats to ones self and threats to others.
- Feeling tense, worried, depressed/ constant feeling of sadness.
- Need to confirm an important decision.
- Feeling discouraged, confused.
- Concerned about alcohol/drug usage.
- Can't Concentrate.
- Feeling lonely or alienated.
- Uncomfortable with people in groups.
- Trouble with parents or partner.
- Uncertain/doubtful/in doubt about personal relationships.
- You may want to understand yourself better.
- Need someone to help you sort out your options.
- Wondering what you're doing here, where you're headed and how to get there.
ALL students are eligible: All students currently enrolled at MUHAS, are eligible to receive counseling services that is available from 8.00 am – 5.00pm Monday – Friday; but in case of emergence you can use HELP LINES 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
APPOINTMENTS:
- Appointments can be made by contacting a Counselor, but our intention is to help students as soon as the problem arises/ as soon as they need help. The unit is committed to seeing/ helping students as quickly as possible. WALK IN CLIENTS ARE WARMLY WELCOME AT ANY TIME.
- Identify them
- Solicit funds to support them
- Providing moral support
- Coordinating mentorship
- Distributing mentoring interview guide and forms
- Collecting mentoring forms for evaluation
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Conflict managements and resolution
Pamoja Project
Project Overview
This dental volunteer project is a collaboration between the European Dental Students’ Association (EDSA), the Tanzanian Dental Students’ Association (TDSA) and Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS). The project idea was conceived by Dr Juha Ruotoistenmaki, Olivia Johnson King and Antun Sablek at the Association of Dental Education in Europe (ADEE) conference in August 2013.
The volunteer project will be located in Tanzania, specifically Dar es Salaam and Morogoro. Currently the dentist to population ratio in Tanzania is about 1:120,000 people compared to a ratio of 1:7,500, recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) in developing countries. With the aforementioned ratio in mind, it became clear that EDSA, TDSA and MUHAS could work together to make a significant impact on the provision of oral health care in Tanzania.
Following the ADEE conference in 2013 and with the support of the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Health, Dr Ruotoistenmaki, Olivia Johnson King and Antun Sablek made a trip to Tanzania in September 2013 to establish links between the EDSA, TDSA and MUHAS. In July 2014, Olivia Johnson King (Kings College London, Dental Institute) returned to Tanzania with two other EDSA delegates; Cristina Rizea (Carol Davila University, Romania) and Tomas Ryan (Trinity College, Dublin) to conduct a feasibility study and finalise the plans for the dental volunteer project, which will commence in August 2015.
Students Administration
Handling:
Students Religious groups:
- Muhimbili Fellowship Evangelical Students ( MUFES)
- Muhimbili Muslim Students Association (MSAM)
- Efatha Intellectual Organisation (EFATHA–E.I.O)/EPHATA MINISTRIES
- TUCASA-THISDASO
- CASFETA- TAYOMI
- CASFETA- TAG
- Jumuiya ya Katoliki Muhimbili (JKM)
- Seventh Day Adventist (SDA)
Professional Association:
- Tanzania Medical Students Association (TAMSA)
- Tanzania Medical Laboratory Students Association (TAMELASA)
- University Nursing Students Association of Tanzania (UNSATA)
- Tanzania Environmental Health Students Association (TEHSA)
- Tanzania Dental Association (TADSA)
- Students Clubs
- Gender Club
- Save Life Club
- Rotary Club
- Youth of United Association of Tanzania (YUNA)
- Win and Learn Club
HANDLING STUDENTS ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES:
- Letter writing/responding
- Doing follow up of all directives
- Organizing, Conducting and Managing all DOSO meetings
- Annual report writing, quotably reports,
- Preparations of other Students’ meeting i.e Students and TCU
- Overall in charge of all administrative activities.
Organizing and Coordinating Students Induction Workshop
Coordinating First Year Students Orientation Programme
Coordinating Students’ Events such as Fresher’s Ball
Safari
Guiding Students Leaders (MUHAASO)
Introducing students to other Institutions by liaising with Schools.
Eligibility & How to Apply
- The student has a permanent and substantial disability which means they are unable to walk or have very considerable difficulty in walking for a distance of more than 100 metres.
- The student’s disability requires specialist adaptations or facilities not available in off campus accommodation.
- The student has a medical condition treated by chemotherapy or dialysis.
Foreign students
Undergraduate Students
Given the order above, SSB in collaboration with the office of the Dean f Students should establish the names of upcountry students and those living within and around Dar es salaam.
Off-Campus Accommodation
Postgraduate Students
Despite the limited accommodation facilities however, postgraduate students are also eligible to apply for University accommodation every academic year for the duration of their course provided that they are fully registered and are on full time study. Unlike undergraduate students, postgraduate students will be accommodated on a first come-first served basis.
For More details See the Accomodation Policy