{"id":5954,"date":"2024-12-14T09:33:48","date_gmt":"2024-12-14T09:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siracs.com\/jcrc\/?page_id=5954"},"modified":"2025-04-22T11:30:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T11:30:08","slug":"volunteering","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.siracs.com\/jcrc\/contacts\/volunteering\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteering"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”full_width_background” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”40px” equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” bg_color=”#293384″ bg_image=”6357″ bg_position=”left top” background_image_loading=”default” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”40px” constrain_group_1=”yes” bottom_padding=”40px” left_padding_desktop=”40px” constrain_group_2=”yes” right_padding_desktop=”40px” text_color=”custom” custom_text_color=”#ffffff” text_align=”center” row_border_radius=”10px” 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JCRC offers a range of exciting and highly regarded placement and internship opportunities for local and international trainees. Placement trainees are attached to JCRC for an agreed period of time to gain experience in a wide range of fields, practicing alongside experienced clinicians, researchers and other specialized professionals at JCRC.<\/p>\n

The JCRC is the oldest and most prestigious HIV\/AIDS treatment clinic and other tropical diseases research centre in the region. Trainees receive novel research experience and hands-on skills in biomedical and social sciences, ethical regulatory processes, good clinical practices, data processing and statistical analysis techniques, research proposal writing, laboratory bench experiences, field community engagement opportunities, health systems and services research.<\/p>\n

In addition, trainees establish and develop more contacts and expand networks with professionals in their field of study and further boost their career opportunities.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”20px” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_margin=”10px” constrain_group_7=”yes” bottom_margin=”10px” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_custom_heading text=”Volunteering FAQs” font_container=”tag:h6|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%230088ff|line_height:28px” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css_animation=”fadeInUp” css=”.vc_custom_1745319645505{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”10″][toggles style=”minimal” accordion=”true” accordion_starting_functionality=”closed”][toggle color=”Accent-Color” heading_tag=”h3″ heading_tag_functionality=”default” title=”Who can volunteer?”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]The Joint Clinical Research Centre (JCRC) is an autonomous organization that was established in 1991 as a limited liability not-for-profit joint venture between the Uganda Ministry of Health (MoH), Ministry of Defence and Makerere University Medical School (now Makerere College of Health Sciences). The Centre was established to respond to the HIV\/AIDS challenge which was at the peak by that time.[\/vc_column_text][\/toggle][toggle color=”Accent-Color” heading_tag=”h3″ heading_tag_functionality=”default” title=”What are the benefits of volunteering?”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]At its inception, the centre was supported by a grant from the Ugandan Government that was used to renovate the initial building that housed the JCRC offices at Bulange, Mengo and provided the basic equipment to start work.[\/vc_column_text][\/toggle][toggle color=”Accent-Color” heading_tag=”h3″ heading_tag_functionality=”default” title=”Will I be paid during my volunteering service?”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]JCRC pioneered the use of Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) in sub-Saharan Africa as early as 1992 through a research project to determine the lowest effective dose of Zidovudine.[\/vc_column_text][\/toggle][toggle color=”Accent-Color” heading_tag=”h3″ heading_tag_functionality=”default” title=”How do I apply for a volunteering opportunity?”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]JCRC pioneered the use of Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) in sub-Saharan Africa as early as 1992 through a research project to determine the lowest effective dose of Zidovudine.[\/vc_column_text][\/toggle][\/toggles][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_custom_heading text=”Apply For Volunteering” font_container=”tag:h6|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%230088ff|line_height:28px” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css_animation=”fadeInUp” css=”.vc_custom_1745319694807{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”10″]\n

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