Vanderbilt University Receives $3M to Expand Anesthesia Training Program in Kenya

Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., has received a $3 million grant to expand a program that provides training for anesthesia providers in Kenya, according to a report by The Kansas City Star.

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The grant — called the Impact Africa grant — is part of the GE Foundation’s Developing Health Globally program.

Mark Newton, MD, director of the Vanderbilt International Anesthesia program and chief anesthesiologist for Kijabe Hospital in Kenya, said that the grant would allow Vanderbilt to translate its anesthesia education program in Kenya to one that could be duplicated in other parts of the world, according to the report.

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