GAIN

The Global Action in Nursing (GAIN) project aims to prevent maternal and infant complications and death during childbirth by increasing the number of nurses and midwives and providing clinical and leadership training to those working in high-risk communities in Liberia, Malawi, Sierra Leone and Memphis, Tennessee.

AMPATH Consortium Nursing Team

The AMPATH Consortium is a network of academic health centers that aims to foster long-term, equitable, cross-cultural partnerships with host health centers and universities serving populations with significant unmet needs. Each institution brings its perspective and opportunities for nursing trainee exchange programs and hands-on education in the United States, Canada and globally.

Our faculty and staff have joined the AMPATH consortium nursing team, collaborating with Kenyan nurses and consortium nurses to share knowledge, provide training and support quality improvement efforts to advance nursing care in western Kenya. The nursing team aims to strengthen nurses globally by building capacity in practice, education and research.

CGN leadership and members participate in:

• AMPATH Nurse Mentorship Program: A new program led by O’brien Kyololo, MD, at Moi School of Nursing and Midwifery for nurses and APP, this program focuses on one-on-one virtual mentorship that supports Kenyan nurse leaders to engage in clinical research or quality improvement projects.
• First AMPATH Global Nursing Scientific Conference in Eldoret, Kenya, May 16 – 17, 2024: The AMPATH nursing team is hosting its first scientific conference to support nursing development and share scientific knowledge.

IGHS and Bixby Center Equitable Partnership Initiative

We joined other IGHS centers and the Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health to work together on the Equitable Global Health Partnerships Initiative, which aims to reimagine how global health partners collaborate. This initiative focuses on promoting equity in global health partnerships by ensuring that the voices of our global health partners are heard.

Five working groups are involved in the initiative, and the CGN is co-leading the education, training and mentorship working group. This group is collaborating with UCSF and global partners to develop tools that support the development and evaluation of equitable clinical exchanges across the globe.