The First Mile grant has been pivotal in establishing MUST as a national leader in community health training in Uganda. Led by the MUST Department of Community Health, the community health program employs a bidirectional approach, deploying faculty and trainees to actively participate in healthcare within communities and inviting healthcare providers for targeted training at MUST. The impact is evident, with over 1,600 primary healthcare providers trained in 50+ facilities serving nearly five million people. Investments in community placements for postgraduate trainees enable specialized healthcare in rural areas, where access to specialists is limited.
Aim – Establish MUST as a premier academic medical center focused on community-based healthcare delivery, research, and innovation
Community Health has two goals
1. Support MUST as the teaching and training hub for community-based providers at lower level
health facilities in catchment area through
. Community Health Solution Sprint (Hack-a-thon)
. Community Health Continuing Medical Education Program
. Community Placement Grants
. MUST Community Health Research Grants
. MUST Faculty Community Health Mentorship
. MUST Post-Graduate Community Rotations
. MUST Community Health Conference
2. Expand the academic village health worker model of community-based care
. Integrated Community Case Management (ICCM)
. Population health tracking (Births/Deaths)
. Maternal-neonatal health
. Nutrition
. eLearning & mHealth (pilot)