Infectious Disease

PROJECT CREVETTE

Expanding the successful e-voucher system to improve malaria prevention and fight new globalhealth threats through innovative health partnerships and mobile phone technology in Tanzania

HIVSmart!

This project will develop, deliver and evaluate a solar powered tablet-based motivational interviewing HIV/Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) intervention at internally displaced persons (IDP) camps in Leogane, Haiti. Women from IDP camps will be trained as community health workers to deliver the HIV/STI intervention to women in IDP camps working in collaboration with NEGES, a women’s peanut butter cooperative. Follow Carmen Logie on Twitter @carmenlogie"

In Peru, the national HIV prevention strategy is focused on referrals by educators to local health centers for testing. It is estimated that less than half of the gay community has been tested for HIV and many of them are unaware of their status. A team at the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia is developing a platform that sends tailored text messages promoting HIV testing at a health centre. The team aims to reach men visiting niche websites and encourage them to join existing health centre users receiving text reminders about HIV testing.

Hypertension is a largely unrecognized epidemic in Africa. The number of hypertensive patients in 2008 and 2025 is estimated at 74.7 and 125.5 million, respectively - a 68% increase. Because the majority of Africa is affected by poor health infrastructure and low numbers of health workers, attempts to prevent and treat hypertension are nearly non-existent.

In lesser developed countries, agriculture and water are key elements of emerging infectious diseases. In Vietnam, improved management and low cost water test kits will help farmers reduce the risk of diseases of animal origin. Follow David Hall on Twitter @DavidHallUCVM"

Protected areas are critical to conservation, but they can result in worse health for adjacent communities. We will develop a mobile health system around Kibale National Park, Uganda. This will involve an ambulance travelling to communities around the park providing health care, family planning, health education, and promoting conservation.

Dr. Abdullah Saleh and Innovative Canadians for Change aim to develop and implement a standardized patient medical record system to link and consolidate healthcare services in one of Africa’s largest slums; facilitating access to medical treatment, while evaluating community health and epidemiological trends in the setting of a mapped out environment. Follow Innovative Canadians for Change on Twitter @ICChangeAB"