“The First Mile: Powering the Academic Medical Center to Deliver Healthcare in the Community in Uganda”
The First Mile program focus on improving patient care through nursing and community based initiatives basing on four aims:
- Empower nursing leadership to develop and implement innovative models of care
- Establish MUST as a premier academic medical center focused on community-based healthcare delivery, research and innovation for East Africa
- Equip the Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital and affiliated community health facilities to better understand and meet the burden of disease
- Leverage technology innovation and co-creation to support patients, community health workers, and nurses