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UCC-led digital health project awarded almost €5m
A new digital health project LINDA-FAMILIA has been awarded funding to help protect mothers and children in East Africa by using smart digital tools to fight infectious diseases and save lives.
- €4.9 million awarded by Horizon Europe to scale a digital health system for maternal and child health in East Africa.
- In 2020, 70% of global maternal deaths occurred in Sub Saharan Africa, this project aims to tackle high maternal and child mortality rates by improving early detection and care for infectious diseases - through better data and digital tools.
- The initiative will deploy scalable, interoperable digital health systems to track infectious diseases and support health services in pregnancy, postpartum, and childhood care.
Led by the INFANT Research Centre at University College Cork, the initiative brings together 11 global partner consortiums from Ireland, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Uganda, Norway and the UK, and is coordinated by UCC, under the leadership of Ali Khashan, Professor in Perinatal Epidemiology, School of Public Health and INFANT Research Centre at UCC.
“This project addresses a fundamental gap in health systems: access to reliable, timely data,” said Prof. Ali Khashan, Project Lead. “By combining global scientific expertise with deep local knowledge, we’re building sustainable digital tools that not only improve health data systems but also support clinical decision-making in maternal and child health.”
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Professor Ella Arensman, Head of School of Public Health, warmly congratulated Prof Khashan and his colleagues:
“Following the formal announcement of the successful research grant, awarded to Prof Ali Khashan, SoPH & INFANT, and colleagues under the Horizon Europe Call: European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCPT), I would like to convey my sincere congratulations again to Professor Ali Khashan and all colleagues involved.
The LINDA-FAMILIA project involves groundbreaking research into implementing an Integrated Digital Health System for Infectious Diseases in Maternal and Child Health In East Africa.
Within UCC, Dr Simon Woodworth and Dr Aileen Murphy (CUBS) are WP leads, and Ian Pitt (Computer Science) and Julie Arnott are members of the consortium. The partners involved are based Norway and UK in Europe and in Ethiopia, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda in Africa.
This is a very timely project, which represents a great example of interdisciplinary collaboration.
Congratulations to Ali and all colleagues and partners involved!“