Maximising analytical and translational capability for social science data on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in East Africa

GCRF Funding Cycle2019-20 Principal InvestigatorsKatherine Keenan, Mike Kesby SchoolsGeography & Sustainable Development ODA countriesUganda, Tanzania Sustainable Development GoalsGoal 3, Goal 17 This capacity building project brought together over 40 scientists from East Africa and Scotland for the first time to train in a range of qualitative, quantitative and geospatial methods which can be applied to … Read more

Improving processes, data sharing and decision support in Brazilian healthcare

Focusing on polypharmacy and mental health GCRF Funding Cycle2019-20 Principal InvestigatorDr Juliana Bowles SchoolsComputer Science ODA countriesBrazil Sustainable Development GoalsGoal 3, Goal 9 The Brazilian healthcare system faces major challenges as the population grows and ages, and the systems, put in place to manage patients with more than one chronic medical condition (multimorbidity), struggle to … Read more

Going back to my rural roots

COVID 19 and return migration in northern Peru GCRF Funding Cycle2019-20 Principal InvestigatorAna Gutierrez Garza SchoolsSocial Anthropology ODA countriesPeru Sustainable Development GoalsGoal 3, Goal 11 This is rapid response work responding to the Covid-19 crisis A disaster is looming in Peru caused by Covid-19 as thousands of migrants have returned to their rural homes where … Read more

Evaluation of a portable light source for photodynamic therapy of cutaneous leishmaniasis

GCRF Funding Cycle2019-20 Principal InvestigatorProfessor Ifor Samuel SchoolsPhysics & Astronomy ODA countriesBrazil, Ethiopia Sustainable Development GoalsGoal 3, Goal 16 Researchers in the School of Physics & Astronomy are exploring how to apply a portable light source for photodynamic therapy (PDT), a technology they have already developed to treat skin cancer, to treat a major neglected tropical disease. … Read more

Binocular Indirect Retinopathy of Prematurity Screening Workshop – Indonesia

GCRF Funding Cycle2019-20 Principal InvestigatorAndrew Blaikie SchoolsMedicine ODA countriesIndonesia Sustainable Development GoalsGoal 3, Goal 10 In much of the world, babies born prematurely frequently develop needless lifelong blindness from Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP), with terrible consequences for the individual and wider community. This condition is entirely preventable and treatable if diagnosed early enough with a … Read more