The fifth annual Student Projects for Health forum took place at the 2019 conference of the Network: TUFH, which was held September 10-13, 2019, in Darwin, Australia. The theme of the conference was Social Accountability: From Evidence to Action. Winners were invited to attend the conference and present posters about their projects.

An open worldwide call resulted in 72 submissions from which 12 projects were selected by an international panel of 18 reviewers. Submissions were judged on the quality of the project, degree and nature of the applicant’s participation, the applicant’s contribution to project innovation, the impact of the project, and diffusion and integration of the project.

The winners of the 2019 Student Projects for Health competition were:

Oscar Acopiado, Philippines
The Quisumbing-Escandor Film Festival for Health

Samuel Robert Bunting, United States
Interprofessional Collaboration to Increase PrEP Prescription for HIV-Prevention in Primary Care: A Student-Led Initiative

Fabrice Humara, Rwanda
Pharmacy Students’ Engagement in Prison Inmates’ Health Attention to Tuberculosis Disease

Hiba Eltayeb Mahgoub, Sudan
Health Promotion among School-Aged Children in Wadsrair El-Dar Village

Lauren Yu-Lien Maldonado, Kenya
Chamas for Change: An Integrated Maternal and Child Peer Support and Micro-Finance Model in Western Kenya

Evode Mbabazi, Rwanda
CINEMA Education for Health

Yidnekachew Girma Mogessie, Ethiopia
Sexual Health Education for Better Awareness

Husna Moola, South Africa
Prevalence of Dysglycemia in a Population that Attends a Masjid in Cape Town and a Novel Approach to Community Epidemiology

Julius Nuwagaba, Uganda
She Decides Project

Stephen Odiwuor Ochieng, Kenya
Early Childhood Development Center Malnutrition Program

Nishimagizwe Patience, Rwanda
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Amitavikram Sattigeri, India
WindMe: The Electricity-Free Exhaust Fan for Combating Indoor Air Pollution in Indian Slums

[last update: January 10, 2020]