Improving patient care with Point-of-Care-Ultraschall (POCUS)

The University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf is working with the College of Medicine of the University of Malawi in Blantyre on the implementation of the Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) in the different clinics of the College of Medicine. Its use should shorten the time for diagnosis and improve the quality of medical interventions. To promote POCUS training, the partners have developed an e-learning platform for self-study, knowledge exchange and counselling of health personnel.

The project is funded by the GIZ regional program University and Hospital Partnerships in Africa (HKP). The aim of this program is to train healthcare professionals of the future and to strengthen state-of-the–art research on topics relevant to global health.