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Grants awarded in 2004

Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London: Developing primary care of mental disorders in Kenya.

This joint initiative with The Kenyan Ministry of Health and the Kenya Psychiatric Association will develop mental health services at community level for the Kenyan population. Building on a pilot scheme in one district of Kenya, the project will train primary care professionals to deliver mental health care and treatment at the local level. A parallel media campaign and the development of patient family groups within communities will seek to reduce the stigma attached to mental illness.

photo courtesy of Sight Savers International
International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine: Development of African training centres in community eye health.

This project contributes to VISION 2020 - an initiative by the World Health Organization and international non-governmental organizations to help eliminate needless blindness by the year 2020. The project will train the community eye health professionals needed to deliver services in Southern and Eastern Africa funded by the Vision 2020 partnership. ICEH will work with Groote Schurr Hospital in South Africa and Kilimanjaro Centre for Community Opthalmology in developing and establishing Community Eye Health courses, training the lecturers and supporting some initial bursaries.

International Health Research Group, School of Tropical Medicine: Training of African Cochrane Reviewers.

The initiative builds on existing scientific collaboration between the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and the South African Cochrane Centre to increase the numbers of people from sub-Saharan Africa participating in the Cochrane Collaboration. The two partners will offer training in Cape Town in systematic review methods backed up by support from mentors to carry out the reviews. The programme will focus on evaluating the effectiveness of strategies for the control of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.

Last Updated Mon, 16 May 2005