{"id":4352,"date":"2024-09-12T09:07:17","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T06:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idi.mak.ac.ug\/idi-science-fair\/?page_id=4352"},"modified":"2024-09-12T09:13:18","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T06:13:18","slug":"prof-david-meya-mbchb-mmed-ph-d","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/idi.mak.ac.ug\/science-fair\/prof-david-meya-mbchb-mmed-ph-d\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. David Meya, MBChB, MMED, Ph.D."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4352\" class=\"elementor elementor-4352\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6934549 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6934549\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35f068e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"35f068e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a13699f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a13699f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SCIENCE FAIR 2024<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a53fd06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a53fd06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>26th \u2013 27th September 2024<\/p><p>Theme: Innovate. 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