Alcohol Related Projects
Tanzania
Globally, alcohol causes over 1.8 million deaths annually. In low and middle-income countries, alcohol use is rapidly increasing, but factors influencing alcohol use and approaches to reduce alcohol-related harm are largely unknown. Our previous work… Read more
Brazil, Durham, India, Tanzania
A complex web of biopsychosocial factors underlies predisposition towards harmful alcohol use and alcohol use disorder (AUD). With the growing AUD burden in low- and middle-income countries, it is important to systematically measure alcohol use… Read more
Rwanda
Harmful alcohol use results in over 3 million deaths and annually with an impact that is disproportionately high in Africa. Road traffic injury, HIV medication non-adherence, intimate partner violence, liver disease, hypertension and cancer are… Read more
Tanzania
Alcohol use is rapidly increasing in low- and middle-income countries, where it is inexpensive, readily available, poorly regulated, and there are few resources devoted to promoting safe alcohol use. Like many other limited resource settings,… Read more
Brazil, Tanzania
Measurement and assessment are a fundamental activity of science. To perform an adequate measurement action, the instruments should present good validity and reliability evidence. Using a measure that does not assess what it intends to… Read more
Tanzania
Alcohol use is one of the leading risk factors worldwide for death and disability-adjusted life years (DALYS) and is a significant contributor to the global burden of disease, accounting for over 3 million deaths each… Read more
Capacity Building
Tanzania
Every year, nearly 5 million people die from injuries and hundreds of millions more sustain non-fatal injuries that require medical attention with low and middle income countries (LMICs), accounting for 90% of all injury related… Read more
Climate Change & Planetary Health
Global Children’s Cancer and Surgical Care
Global Surgery
India
Lack of access to surgical care leads to high mortality and morbidity due to surgically treatable conditions, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). In the past few years, several countries have carried out high-resolution… Read more
Health Systems & Emergency Care
Nigeria
Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa with a population of 211 million in 2021. There is limited access to emergency services and only five trained emergency physicians in 2021 who were trained abroad.… Read more
Injury
Tanzania
Injuries and their subsequent disability are a global health crisis which have a rippling effect far beyond the individual years into the future. Low and middle income countries suffer this burden disproportionately; with over 90%… Read more
Armenia, Brazil, Egypt, Pakistan, Tanzania
A total of 6 million people die from injuries each year worldwide. Additionally, 650 million individuals live with injury related disabilities. The burden of injuries is higher in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) compared to… Read more
Tanzania
This project utilizes the trauma registry developed at KCMC. Our preliminary data from the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre Emergency Department (KCMC ED), a regional referral hospital in the Moshi area, Tanzania, highlighted that the TBI… Read more
Pediatrics, Child and Maternal Health
Tanzania
Injuries are a major cause of death in children worldwide, and children living in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are much more likely to be injured than children in high-income countries (HICs). In caring for… Read more
Snakebite Research
Brazil
The AJURI project aims to adapt decentralized antivenom therapy for Indigenous populations in the Brazilian Amazon, promoting safe, effective, and culturally appropriate treatment. The initiative evaluates the feasibility, clinical impact, and economic implications of this… Read more
Brazil
Globally, more than 90% of all snakebite envenomation (SBE) occur in low resource settings. This neglected tropical disease affects 2.7 million people, with 81,000-138,000 deaths, and approximately 400,000 permanent disabilities annually. Antivenom is a safe,… Read more