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Current investments in Uganda
The ELMA Foundation
HEALTH WORKFORCE
Project support to expand Uganda’s Pediatric Hematology Oncology (PHO) specialty training for 22 new PHO fellows and 26 specialty nurses
General support to an organization focused on compensating and supporting digitally enabled community health workers and strengthening community health systems to improve healthcare for mothers and children
Project support to scale a medical simulation pre-service training program in eight medical and nurse training institutions, and to improve newborn survival through facility-based training and deployment of appropriate medical technology
Project support to expand delivery of competency‐based nursing/midwifery education, and increase production of enrolled nurses, midwives, and anesthetic officers in Karamoja and Lango regions
Project support to institutionalize competency-based clinical education to improve the quality of emergency care and maternal, newborn, and child health pre-service training, and to launch new postgraduate programs in midwifery and emergency care
Project support to provide technical assistance to finalize, disseminate, and pilot implementation of the National Community Health Strategy in three districts
MATERNAL AND NEWBORN HEALTH
Project support to improve the care and outcomes of small and sick newborns through in‐service training and mentorship of health workers in high‐volume health facilities in the mid-central region
Project support to improve the care and outcomes of small and sick newborns through in‐service training and mentorship of health workers in high‐volume health facilities in the greater Masaka region
Project support to improve the care and outcomes of small and sick newborns through in‐service training and mentorship of health workers in high‐volume health facilities in Acholi region
Project support to improve the care and outcomes of small and sick newborns through in‐service training and mentorship of health workers in high‐volume health facilities in Karamoja and Lango regions
Project support to institutionalize newborn care approaches and implement a proven intervention package for small and sick newborns in eight districts in mid-western Uganda
Project support to increase equitable access to medical oxygen in low- and middle-income countries by helping governments build sustainable oxygen ecosystems
Project support to institutionalize and increase access to specialized neonatal services through in-service training and mentorship of health workers and implementation of a proven intervention package for small and sick newborns in Uganda
Project support to improve neonatal outcomes in three high-volume hospitals in Kampala, through in-service newborn resuscitation training and mentorship of health workers, and improvement of infection control
EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
Project support to plan, deliver, supervise, and provide access to quality ECD services for 6,366 children aged 3-6 years and to strengthen the capacity of government at the national level
General support to an organization that coordinates civil society stakeholders and strengthens the capacity of key government entities to develop and implement policies and guidelines for the ECD sector
Project support to train and certify 90 ECD tutors at diploma level and 1,000 caregivers at certificate level, and provide technical assistance to 10 teacher training institutions to deliver an accelerated pre-service and in-service ECD caregiver training
General support to an organization focused on expanding its home‐based ECD model through direct service delivery and technical assistance to partners, in order to reach 10,275 children in 14 districts with quality ECD services
Project support to improve quality, consistency, and coverage of parenting programs through institutionalizing a technical training resource hub and expanding the evidence-based Parenting for Respectability program to five districts
Project support to improve access to quality ECD services for 7,000 children, strengthen parent and caregiver knowledge and skills, and replicate best practices of a community-based ECD model
General support for an organization focused on advancing the quality of ECD teacher education
Project support to provide technical assistance to the National Childhood Development Agency to analyze current ECD financing and plan for increased ECD investment and coordination
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Project support to test and treat approximately 11,000 people suffering from visceral leishmaniasis per year
PRIVATE SECTOR SOLUTIONS
SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES
The ELMA Relief Foundation
Project support for revision and rollout of country guidelines for the treatment of acute malnutrition
The ELMA Growth Foundation
The ELMA Vaccines & Immunization Foundation
Project support to ensure approximately 50,000 children start or catch up on their immunization schedules, and to generate research and strategies to immunize zero-dose and under-immunized children