Program Details
Vanderbilt University received a $3 million ImPACT Africa (Improving Perioperative & Anesthesia Care and Training in Africa) grant in late 2013 from the GE Foundations Developing Health Globally program to fund international medical education and research in Kenya and other low-resource regions of the world. The major focus of this program is to develop training programs that can demonstrably lower surgical and obstetric mortality, as well as dramatically improve and expand education of anesthesia providers in these regions. Throught the grant, the Department of Anesthesiology is also developing an innovative, interactive curriculum to train anesthesia providers who will practice in rural Kenya and other regions of the world.
Location: Kijabe & Western Kenya
Region: Africa
VU contacts: Claire Posey (claire.d.posey@vumc.org); Ban Sileshi, MD (bantayehu.sileshi@vumc.org); Mark Newton, MD (mark.w.newton@vanderbilt.edu)
Program type: Vanderbilt Faculty-led Simulation training (team response to obstetric emergency; Neonatal resuscitation), training and teaching program
Program objectives, vision and goals:
ImPACT Africa: (funded by GE Foundation / Clinton Global Initiative)
Improving Perioperative & Anesthetic Care Training Africa program in Kenya. ImPACT Africa is a sustainable training program that aims to address maternal and infant mortality related to surgical intervention during childbirth through ongoing training of skilled healthcare workers. This Commitment to Action, announced during the 2014 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting, expands the existing program to train 25 nurse anesthetists and clinical officers, and its services to four additional hospitals.
ImPACT Africa expands Vanderbilt's current efforts to directly improve anesthetic care in medically underserved areas through experiential training on safe surgery practice and team response to emergency situations
Funding type: GE/Clinton Global Initiative Grant
Eligibility: Vanderbilt Faculty lead the simulation trainings in Kenya training KRNAs & local health workers
Program length: Varies
Vanderbilt press releases explaining our GE funded ImPACT Africa program:
http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2015/05/grant-helps-expand-training-outreach-program-in-kenya/
https://my.vanderbilt.edu/viablog/2014/03/gefoundationgrant/