BCRP Global Pathway Projects

As a resident in the Boston Combined Residency Program, Jeffrey Campbell MD, MPH worked with the organization HAIVN to study hand hygiene improvement tools at the Vietnam National Children's Hospital in Hanoi, Vietnam. This unique tool engaged families to remind and encourage healthcare workers to perform hand hygiene, significantly increasing hand hygiene rates.

In 2021, Dr. Kara Montbleau, along with a team of collaborators from BCH and Bwera Hospital, designed a study to improve diagnostic capacity and outpatient services for children living with sickle cell disease. They focused on providing education to caregivers, healthcare workers, and the community to improve awareness and understanding of this disease.

In 2023, Dr. Jeffrey Edwards, a global health pathway resident, joined long time partner Muhimbili National Hospital and Muhimbili University in Dar es Salaam to support clinical education and research initiatives supporting analyses of clinical trials, case reports, and investigating the role of vitamin D in sickle cell disease.

In early 2020, Dr. Mohsin Ali joined our collaborators in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, where he taught epidemiology and biostatistics to pediatric residents and gained clinical experience working with partners at Muhimbili University and Muhimbili National Hospital.

In collaboration with the University of Dodoma, Dr. Mei Elansary worked to identify factors affecting maternal and newborn health in Tanzania and built local research capacity through training workshops, which created a deeper understanding of health needs to guide targeted improvements in neonatal care in Tanzania.

Global Health Pathway Residents have partnered with a NGO, CloudPhysician, to understand impact of a tele-NICU service in Indian hospitals where neonatal specialists are otherwise inaccessible.

GHP has been pivotal in post-war Liberia, establishing the first pediatric residency program and training 32 pediatricians locally for the first time in the country's history. Work now focuses on expanding pediatric specialty care, improving newborn care, and supporting ongoing research and training across Liberia and West Africa.