GECC would like to congratulate Dr. Lori Stolz and her team on their publication, Point-of-care ultrasound education for non-physician clinicians in a resource-limited emergency department in the journal, Tropical Medicine and International Health. In the paper, Dr. Stolz and her team describe a novel…
We are very excited to introduce our new Program Directors at Masaka and Nyakibale: Rashidah Nambaziira and Kioske Tobias. Rashidah Nambaziira is GECC's new Program Director at Masaka Regional Referral Hospital where she has been working very hard to prepare…
Written by: Dr. Stacey Chamberlain, GECC Co-founder and Board Member After a long absence of being “in the field”, I am exciting to report back on a successful two weeks working with GECC in Uganda. During my short visit, I was…
Written By: Dr. Brad Dreifuss, GECC Board Member Those who know me know I loathe “hallmark holidays”. But, when asked to write a blog post about Father’s Day, immediately, the suggestion struck a cord and I knew what story I…
THE YEAR IN REVIEW On behalf of the Board of Directors, we are pleased to bring you the 2014 Annual Report. Our 8th year was a year we can all be proud of, and thanks to your support we have shown great progress…
As a mother of two young children, ages 3 and 4, the arrival of Mother’s Day has prompted me to pause and reflect on how lucky I am to be a mother and how lucky my children are to have…
GECC is very proud of Dr. Stacey Chamberlain’s recent publication in PLoS One, a peer reviewed, open access, scientific journal published by the Public Library of Science. Her study, Mortality Related to Acute Illness and Injury in Rural Uganda: Task Shifting to…
Written by: Kevin Fischer, Research Associate, GECC Masaka, Uganda is full of grasshoppers, matooke (a starch that looks like a green banana but tastes like a plantain), wonderful people, a vibrant culture, and is home to Global Emergency Care Collaborative’s…
March 8th is International Women’s Day. This year the global theme is Make it Happen, encouraging effective action for advancing and recognizing women. Around the world, organizations, governments, and women’s groups come together to mark the past, present, and future…
Global Emergency Care Collaborative would like to extend a warm and gracious welcome to Ben McIsaac, our new Uganda Program Director. Ben has already been hard at work at Nyakibale since December and we are lucky to have him. We…