Projects – GEMINI Research Center

Implementation of a Culturally Tailored Decentralization Programme for Snakebite Treatment in Indigenous Communities in the Brazilian Amazon AJURI

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

Characterization of Sepsis in Lagos, Nigeria, and Development of a Locally Relevant Clinical Management Guideline Sepsis, Clinical Management Guideline

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

Alcohol Use Behavioral Phenotyping Test (AUBPT)

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

Interventions to reduce harmful alcohol use in Rwanda

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

Pediatric Injury Study Developing a Health Systems Intervention to Improve Care of Pediatric Injury Patients in Tanzania

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

TRECK D43 Trauma REsearch Capacity Building in Kilimanjaro Tanzania

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

Factors Influencing Surgical and Cancer Care and Outcomes for Children in Northern Tanzania

Tanzania

Access to timely, affordable, and safe surgical care is limited in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs), especially among children. To address this crisis, targeted and accurate measurement of surgical care is a critical first step. Surgical… Read more

SAVING Using community health centers to mitigate the impact of snakebite envenoming in low resource areas

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

Surgical care access in India Assessing Surgical Care in India through Multi-Methods Data Synthesis and Development of Policy-Relevant Indices

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

AUTOMAP Solution for geospatial monitoring in public health

Brazil

Health decision-makers currently face the challenge of accumulating health data in time to inform evidence-based interventions to improve health outcomes. The Brazilian healthcare system is in need of daily primary care data reported in real-time… Read more