Rami Subhi
Thesis Title
Learning from a medical oxygen program to improve emergency care services for children in low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs).
Description of PhD project
Medical oxygen is lifesaving, but 70% of patients who require it globally do not receive it, mainly in LMICs. This gap reflects the broader problem of deficits in the care of critical illness which affects 13% of hospitalised children and adults, and accounts for the majority of hospital deaths in LMICs. Finding ways to reduce these tragic deaths through improving facility-based care will be critical to realise the Sustainable Development Goals.
Embedded within a multi-country medical oxygen improvement program, I am conducting mixed-methods research, using oxygen as an entry point to understand emergency care systems for children in Nigeria and Uganda. The work aims to generate shared learning that can lead to co-design of interventions to strengthen emergency and critical care in high burden settings.
Biography
Rami Subhi is a research fellow with the Oxygen Access Group at MCRI/University of Melbourne, paediatrician and Head of Paediatrics at Northern Health. His research interests include developing acute and critical care capacity in low resource settings.
Supervisors
Chair: Professor Julia Brotherton
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