FAIMER is pleased to announce the selection of 16 winners of its 2018 Student Projects for Health competition. The Student Projects for Health competition—supported by GEMx and FAIMER—will be a feature of the 2018 conference of The Network: Towards Unity for Health (TUFH), to be held August 16-20, 2018, in Limerick, Ireland. Winners will be invited to attend the conference and present posters about their projects. The award includes travel, accommodation, and conference registration fee.
Now in its fourth year, the Student Projects for Health competition recognizes students who have made outstanding contributions to projects that successfully promote community health and well-being, and was open to all undergraduate and graduate students currently enrolled in any course of study who have been participating in such projects.
The winners of the 2018 Student Projects for Health competition are:
Mohammed Adam (Sudan)
Khalawi Health Promotion Project
Tahir Dawood (South Africa)
The Surgical Society Emergency Room Initiative
Fabrice Humura (Rwanda)
Pharmacy Students Engagement in Prison Inmates’ Health Attention to Tuberculosis Disease
Hakeem Kiboi (Kenya)
Strengthening Kenya’s Primary Health Care System and Response to Epidemics – RockHealth Integrated Care Organization (RICO)
Dede Latey (Ghana)
The MindIT Project
Agnes Namagembe (Uganda)
Village Health Teams’ Role in Improving Utilization of Maternal Newborn and Child Health Services in Butaleja District
Evode Ngayabo (Rwanda)
CINEMA Education for Health
Kennedy Omondi Ogutu (Kenya)
Help Remove My Jigger
Faith Okoi (Nigeria)
Street Children Project
Nishimagizwe Patience (Rwanda)
CompanionAPP
Sonya Ramondino (Ireland)
Interdisciplinary Forum for Healthcare
Lina Saeed (Sudan)
Anti TB Campaign; Together to End TB
Amitavikram Sattigeri (India)
WindMe: The Electricity-free Exhaust Fan for Combating Indoor Air Pollution in Indian Slums
Kushali Savla (India)
Together We Smile
Preeti Shakya (Nepal)
In Her Hands
Abobaker Younis (Sudan)
Let’s Fight the Flesh-Eater
