In late February 2009, a team will be traveling to Sierra Leone to train and equip healthcare workers in the areas of maternal and newborn care and to demonstrate technologies to link clinicians in Sierra Leone with clinicians in the US using video conferencing technologies. The team is comprised of Dr. George Mulcaire-Jones (MLI-Butte, Montana), Dr. Bob Scanlon (MLI and AIM - Huntington, New York), Ray Rogers (NCHCI and MLI - Butte, Montana), and Jim Rogers (AIM - Lancaster Catholic High School).
Working in conjunction with the West Africa Fistula Foundation, the team will provide four days of healthcare training and will also conduct a demonstration project to connect Sierra Leone with Butte, Montana and Lancaster, Pennsylvania using video conferencing technology. The NCHCI is working in cooperation with Montana Tech of The University of Montana to demonstrate the application of video communication technologies to assist in the training of healthcare workers in developing countries.
Between 50 and 100 healthcare workers from throughout Sierra Leone are expected for the training workshop.
About MLI: Maternal Life International (MLI) and the National Center for Health Care Informatics (NCHCI) have come together to address the alarming maternal and infant mortality rates in Sierra Leone, Africa. For over a decade, MLI has been delivering training and equipping healthcare workers throughout Africa to improve maternal and newborn care. MLI has successfully implemented it Safe Passages, Circles of Life, Parish Nursing, and Faithful House training programs in many locations across Africa.
About the NCHCI: The NCHCI is a leader in developing and implementing technologies to improve the management of healthcare data, information, and knowledge. The NCHCI conducted a successful video conferencing demonstration program in Jos, Nigeria in 2008 demonstrating the capability to deliver real-time education to physicians, nurses, and midwives in Nigeria.
About AIM: Aiding Infants and Mothers was developed by Dr. Bob Scanlon of Huntington, NY to support the growing need for maternal and newborn care in Africa. Funds generated through AIM go to directly support the programs of MLI. In 2009, Lancaster Catholic High School, Lancaster, PA, is starting the first high school-based AIM chapter in the nation.
About Montana Tech: For the past 108 years, Montana Tech has earned a reputation as one of the finest science, engineering, and technical colleges in the world. Montana Tech is a leader in undergraduate and graduate education and research in the Pacific Northwest in engineering, science, energy, health, information sciences and technology. With more than 40 academic programs and 38 clubs and organizations, Tech offers tremendous opportunities in a student friendly environment. In 2002, Montana Tech created the nation's first undergraduate degree program in Healthcare Informatics.
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