Updated Jul 01, 2020
Global Emergency Care: building universal access to emergency care
http://www.globalemergencycare.org
Tom Neill
GEC has developed a contextually appropriate model for emergency care delivery that utilizes task-sharing to train nurses and clinical officers (non-physician clinicians) to be independent, emergency care practitioners and open emergency departments.
Stage 4: Transition to Scale
The ECP program can be rapidly and affordably scaled up to meet clinical demand and transitioned fully to a sustainable component of the growing emergency care system in Uganda and a model for other sub-Saharan African nations to follow.
Focus Areas:
Health, Health Systems and Workforce Development
Implemented In:
Uganda
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Country Implemented In
Target Beneficiaries
Income of Population Served: Lower-middle income
Mission and Vision
Global Emergency Care is dedicated to building universal access to emergency care in Uganda. We envision a time when no life is limited due to an easily treatable illness or injury.
Milestone
Jan 2008
New Country Implemented In
Uganda
Jan 2007
Created
Date Unknown
Recognition ReceivedVERIFIED
