Trek Medics to Partner with the Government of Malawi and World Bank in Nation's First Emergency Response System

Trek Medics is very proud to announce the launch of a new program beginning next month in partnership with the Malawi Roads Authority, the Malawi Ministry of Health and the World Bank's Global Road Safety Facility. The purpose of this partnership will be to design and implement a dispatch and communications system to support the implementation of a new emergency response system along a 250-mile stretch of the North-South Corridor highway in Malawi. This first-of-its-kind program will ensure that road traffic injury victims traveling along the North-South Corridor between the northern capital of Lilongwe and Blantyre in the south will have immediate access to rapid emergency care and transport by a newly trained force of Malawian emergency responders. The project will last 15 months and is hoped to serve as proof of concept for a larger national emergency medical system. We're very excited for this phenomenal opportunity, years in the making, made possible in large part thanks to a grant from the Open Road Alliance who stepped up at the last minute to ensure it would happen. In addition to working side-by-side with the Malawian government to implement their first emergency response system, it's our sincere desire to see this innovative program serve as an effective model for other countries who are overwhelmed by the economic, societal and personal impacts of road traffic injuries. Stay tuned as we'll be sharing updates from Malawi in the coming weeks!
Source: JEMS: Journal of Emergency Medical Services News - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Tags: Operations Industry News Press Releases Source Type: news