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

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

GCRF Funding Cycle2018-19 Principal InvestigatorProfessor Ifor Samuel SchoolsPhysics & Astronomy ODA countriesBrazil, Ethiopia Sustainable Development GoalsGoal 3, Goal 16 Leishmaniasis is among the six most important tropical diseases in terms of its impact in public health and affects 12 million people around the world. It is very debilitating, especially cutaneous leishmaniasis, as it can lead … Read more

Multidisciplinary approaches to Understanding the Safe and Effective use of Medicines in HIV-tuberculosis co-infection (MUSEUM)

Patient-centred pharmacovigilance to improve reporting of Adverse Drug Reactions amongst those living with HIV and TB in Uganda GCRF Funding Cycle2019-20 Principal InvestigatorDerek Sloan SchoolsMedicine ODA countriesUganda Sustainable Development GoalsGoal 3 Tuberculosis and HIV are major public health problems in Uganda. People suffering from these illnesses sometimes find it difficult to fully adhere to prolonged … Read more

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