Building Bridges

To provide a platform for influencing health policy and practice through research and effective communication.

Project start date : 03/04/2017

Last updated : 16/03/2022

Beneficiary country : Uganda

Healthcare themes targeted

  • Emergency services
  • Other

Fields of application

  • Health professional training
  • Information, education and communication for behaviour change (IEC)

Stage of development

  • Routine project/operational

Financing method

  • Private (private investors, crowdfunding, philanthropy, etc.)
  • Government agency (USAID, etc.)
  • Intergovernmental or international agency

Area where the project is utilised

  • International (in several countries)

Economic model(s)

  • Income generated by beneficiaries

Target audience

Project objectives

Materials used

  • Cellular (mobile) phone
  • Smartphone
  • Tablet
  • Computer
  • Connected objects
  • Other (specify)

Technologies used

  • Internet

Offline use

Yes

Open source

Yes

Open data

Yes

Independent evaluation

No

About the sponsor

US National Library of Medicine (NLM)

The US National Library of Medicine, in partnership with African Health Sciences, and assisted by the Association of Health Care Journalists, Partnerships in Health Information (Phi) and the Alfred Friendly Press Partners, in the context of the African Journal Partnership Program (AJPP) are sponsoring the program. At the core of the project are the journals in the African Journal Partnership Program (AJPP). The US National Library of Medicine (NLM) is working with ten African medical journals in ten countries: DR Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, Uganda, and Zambia. The programme involves partnerships between US/UK and African journals.

Sector : Academic entities (Universities, research laboratories, etc)

Country of origin :

Contact : Sponsor website Project website

Partners

  • US National Library of Medicine

    Academic entities (Universities, research laboratories, etc)

  • Partnerships in Health Information

    Institutions (Communities, public authorities, NGOs, foundations, etc.)

  • African Health Sciences

    Academic entities (Universities, research laboratories, etc)

  • Association of Heal;th Care Journalists

    Institutions (Communities, public authorities, NGOs, foundations, etc.)