Implementation and evaluation of interprofessional ‘Arclight’ ophthalmoscopy training for health care students at the University of Rwanda

GCRF Funding Cycle2018-19 Principal InvestigatorDr Andrew Blaikie SchoolsMedicine ODA countriesRwanda Sustainable Development GoalsGoal 3 The World Health Organisation (WHO) highlights that interprofessional education (IPE) is required to prepare a ‘practice-ready’ collaborative health workforce to manage the challenges of global health issues. Preventable and treatable visual impairment is a global health issue that affects 285 million … Read more

Assessing Rwanda’s strategic metal endowment

GCRF Funding Cycle2019-20 Principal InvestigatorDr Nicolas Gardiner SchoolsEarth & Environmental Sciences ODA countriesRwanda Sustainable Development Goals Rwanda, a beacon of progress in Africa, with a remarkable turnaround since the genocides of the 1990s, hosts significant deposits of critical “3T” metals: tin, tantalum, and tungsten. To capitalize on its resource base, in 2019 the Rwandan Government … Read more

Contextualised Diabetic Retinopathy Training and Screening Package for Low Resource Settings

GCRF Funding Cycle2020-21 Principal InvestigatorAndrew Blaikie SchoolsMedicine ODA countriesRwanda Sustainable Development GoalsGoal 3 Diabetes is a growing problem in the poorer regions of the world. An important complication is blindness due to damage at the back of the eye. This often affects those of working age. This leads to further economic hardship in countries least … Read more