PISBIC Kenya

(LAB - Global Development Lab): Through the STIP Annual Program Statement (APS), the Lab published an APS aimed at identifying and funding university-based support of cross-cutting development challenges that can be tackled by a "whole of university" approach with our U.S. based and non-U.S. based university partners. Launched in March 2018, the Accelerating Local Potential Addenda to the STIP APS sought to build human and institutional capacity in developing country universities through partnerships with U.S. based universities. After co-creation, four awards were selected that each sought to build capacity and self-reliance by strengthening developing country university institutions. One of the four awards is with the Vanderbilt University. With FY 2018 funding, Vanderbilt University Medical Center and its partners Moi University, Purdue University, Aga Khan University, Verve K.O, and Kenya Ministry of Health are implementing the Higher Education Partnership for Innovation and Sustainable Biomedical Informatics Capacity in Kenya (PISBIC Kenya). PISBIC Kenya is working to sustainably strengthen education, research, and innovation capacity in health informatics in Kenya and across

Source: IATI activity description, US-GOV-1-7200AA18CA00019 (2018). The source's own text.