According to recent studies, more than half of deaths in low- and middle-income countries are amenable to emergency care. Despite this fact there is a large gap in human resources for health – especially trained emergency care providers – in these countries. The situation is especially dire in Africa where 3% of the global health workforce handles 25% of the global burden of disease.
Training emergency health workers takes time, money and mentorship. A significant bottleneck in training new emergency care providers is the lack of funding and supervision for the necessary research that trainees must complete in order to receive their qualification.
The American Friends of African Federation for Emergency Medicine (AFEM) are committed to helping meet this challenge through the FoAFEM Emergency Care Research Award. This competitive award, granted to African trainees in Emergency Medicine and Emergency Nursing, provides both financial resources to conduct this critical research, as well as 1:1 mentorship meetings with U.S. Board-Certified Emergency Medicine faculty to help trainees shape their projects and ensure their successful completion.
We are thrilled to announce our 11 inaugural awardees from 5 African Countries!
