Since September 2024, the CARe project has been funding four research projects to improve public health in Africa. Two of the projects already have made exciting progress. The project ‘Feasibility and effectiveness of a training intervention for informal caregivers of people living with dementia in rural Uganda (FETIC-DU)’ has tested…
In June this year, the CARe project (Capacity Building in Applied Public Health Research in GHPP partner countries) issued a call for project proposals whose aim was to build capacity in developing and facilitating public health research in Sub-Saharan Africa. More than 270 applications were submitted in response to the…
EMTs are essential professional medical resources in response to health emergencies as they provide direct clinical care to affected populations. Uganda aims to establish a national “EMT Type 1” equivalent to a primary health care facility and to capacitate it for infectious disease response. The EMT partnership between Malteser International…
Context Emergency medical teams (EMTs) are a key element of surge response capacity during national and international health crises, such as natural disasters and disease outbreaks. Strengthening EMT capacities is embedded in the approach of the WHO’s EMT Initiative. This can be facilitated by supporting countries in building national EMT…