By: Dr. Stacey Chamberlain, Development Director, Co-Founder It is so exciting to announce that in September 2017 GEC finally started the first class of Emergency Care Practitioners that will receive Diplomas upon completion of their training program from our partner…
10. National Council Higher Education (NCHE) approval of ECP curriculum - The Uganda NCHE provided the official approval of the Emergency Practitioner Diploma program at Mbarara University (MUST) after many years of effort. 9. Published 10 articles on the need and methods…
We are honored to receive a commendation letter from the honorable Gov. Charles Baker of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for our 10 years of service training Emergency Care Practitioners, treating over 70,000 patients, and saving lives in Uganda.
"GEC is really making a difference. It’s easy to make your organization sound important on paper, but after observing the ECP’s in action for over a month in Nyakibale Hospital, I felt like their training truly improved the lives of…
"When I hear a story about one of the ECPs saving a life or giving a terrific lecture to new Emergency Medicine learners, I’m just so proud of what GEC has created." Dr. Heather Hammerstedt is a co-founder of GEC.…
"I love being an ECP because I am able to handle all emergencies by identifying and stabilizing life threatening conditions, and consult where necessary. This makes me love what I do - saving lives." Teddy truly captures what it means…
We are excited to share GEC's crisp, new look with you. Thanks to the excellent work and a generous donation of their time and expertise from Created for the People, a strategic branding and identity design firm, we have overhauled our…
Written by: Rashidah Nambaziira, Masaka Program Director, GEC Recently, Global Emergency Care (GEC) was honored to collaborate with Imaging The World (ITW) on a 2-day emergency care training. Imaging The World’s mission is to bring accessible, affordable, high quality ultrasound…
Happy Spring! As you know, GECC is a small nonprofit doing big things. We've been hard at work in 2017 growing the ECP Training Program and prerparing to launch the new class of ECP students at Masaka Regional Referral Hospital.…
GEC would like to extend an huge and gracious thank you to the students of Spofford Pond Elementary School in Boxford, MA for hosting a fundraiser to support our work in emergency care development in Uganda. We would like to…