Collaborative for Emergency Care Africa

The Collaborative for Emergency Care in Africa (CEC Africa) aims to conduct innovative trauma care research predominantly in austere settings, to answer questions regarding optimal trauma care that are both globally needed and locally relevant. 
Through the support of federal and foundation research grant funding, we employ rigorous and contemporary approaches and clinical trial design, implementation science, and patient-level outcome research. 
While our research program has a core of military-relevant combat trauma research activities in the Western Cape region of South Africa, we aim to perform work in other relevant global health settings including places like Kenya, Ethiopia, and Ghana.  We seek to collaborate closely with local stakeholders and partners including ministries of health, EMS agencies, universities, and health institutions.