A Challenge Grant ($120,000 over 3 years, 2017-2019) has been jointly awarded to LifeNet International (LN) and Global Emergency Care Collaborative (GECC) for a program to “Transform Emergency Care in the Masaka District of Uganda.”
The Challenge Grant program entails 1) LN expanding its operations to two new health centers in the Masaka District, 2) GECC and Masaka Hospital hosting 9 didactic trainings per year for 4 or more LN nurse trainers, 3) LN’s nurse trainers will then train 16 health center staff in newly acquired emergency care skills, and 4) LN and GECC working together to plan, implement, and evaluate a new emergency referral system for the outlying health centers within the Masaka District. At the conclusion of the 3-year grant period, LN would have added emergency care into its training curriculum, GECC would have permeated its emergency care methodology into a large region of Uganda, and many lives would have been saved.