Tackling antimicrobial resistance in Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs)

GCRF Funding Cycle2018-19 Principal InvestigatorDr Wilber Sabiiti SchoolsMedicine ODA countriesMalawi, Mozambique, Uganda, Tanzania, Gabon, South Africa, Kenya, Ghana, Moldova, Thailand, Vietnam Sustainable Development GoalsGoal 3 Tuberculosis (TB) is a poverty related disease and over 90% of the deaths occurs in Low and Medium Income Low- and Medium-Income Countries. It is difficult disease to treat, taking … Read more

Scottish innovation to ensure safe and effective TB treatment in Africa

GCRF Funding Cycle2018-19 Principal InvestigatorDerek Sloan SchoolsMedicine, Geography and Sustainable Development ODA countriesUganda Sustainable Development GoalsGoal 3 Tuberculosis (TB), the leading infectious cause of death worldwide, is a major public health problem in Uganda with 86,000 new cases (40% HIV co-infected) and 11,000 deaths per year. Recent clinical trial results suggest that higher doses of … Read more

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