Steven Kisingiri GEC is thrilled to welcome Steven Kisingiri to our team as the inaugural Country Director in Uganda. He comes with 23 years of experience in International Development, and is interested in collaborative and creative approaches to build community…
Dear GEC family, Today, I’m writing with some very exciting news about the future direction of GEC. As many of you know, it has been a long-term goal of the organization to transition our leadership structure from one where the…
Many of you know that part of our long term vision for Global Emergency Care has been to transition the leadership structure to a more sustainable, Ugandan-driven, and Ugandan-owned leadership structure with a focus on co-creation. The time has come…
By: John Bosco Kamugisha, Msc, Emergency Care Practitioner, Masaka Program CoordinatorMy role during the pandemic was sample collection and management for Masaka Hospital's Coronavirus Response Team. This includes collection, packing, refrigeration, recording, and transporting samples. In the beginning people feared…
By: Kansiime GloriousKansiime Glorious is an Emergency Care Provider working in a low-resource setting, hospital in Masaka, Uganda who is very passionate about her work. How was your role critical in Uganda’s coronavirus response? Being an Emergency Care Provider has…
By: Teddy Kiire “Big ideas come from forward thinking people and challenge the norm, think outside the box and invent the world they see inside than submitting to the limitations of current dilemmas”. - T.D Jakes Teddy Kiire is my…
Faculty at UC Davis Health in collaboration with the California Digital Library (CDL) and Blaisdell Medical Library are pleased to announce the release of Ultrasound in Resource-Limited Settings: A Case Based, Open Access Text. This new online resource aims to…
The COVID-19 outbreak and the subsequent quarantine of communities has caused many challenges that have affected GEC's bottom line. To combat this, we are doing two things: Celebrating our current Monthly Sustainers for their continued supportPutting out a call for…
The brutal murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and the countless others before them are a result of brutality that has been and still is perpetuated by a culture of white supremacy and racist violence towards Black people.…
The COVID-19 Treatment Team at Masaka Hospital Patient volume in the ED – Fear of contracting COVID-19 In the US, Emergency Department (ED) patient volumes have been 40-50% lower than normal over the last month at University of Maryland Medical…