POCUS Academy: Ultrasound for LMIC Healthcare – Malawi
Dinsdag 10 februari 2026This project makes point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) accessible to healthcare providers in low- and middle-income countries such as Malawi, Tanzania, and Ghana. Local doctors and clinical officers are trained in the use of POCUS and in teaching others how to use it, enabling them to make diagnoses more quickly and start treatment.
In addition, a digital education platform is being developed with e-learning, instructional videos, and train-the-trainer modules.
This will enable local teams to organize courses independently and will lead to a structural increase in the number of trained healthcare providers, with a lasting impact on patient care.
Goal:
Improving rapid diagnostics
Theme:
Strengthening health skills
Location:
Malawi
Health pioneer:
Isaie Reuling
Project
Goal
Results
Project
Many hospitals in Africa lack rapid, affordable diagnostics, while ultrasound machines often remain underutilized due to a lack of training. This project is developing a digital Global Health POCUS Academy and organizing local POCUS courses. This enables doctors and clinical officers to learn how to apply ultrasound directly in everyday care.
Goal
A digital education platform with e-learning, instructional materials, and train-the-trainer modules that is available free of charge to healthcare providers in LMICs. In addition, local trainers are being trained and new courses are being set up in Tanzania and Ghana to ensure that POCUS becomes sustainably embedded in the local healthcare system.
Results
- Launch of a digital platform with POCUS e-learning and teaching materials
- Training of local trainers who can independently teach courses
- Start of official POCUS courses in Tanzania and Ghana
- Structural expansion of POCUS use in daily patient care
Gezondheidspionier Isaie Reuling
Isaie Jean Reuling is an internist (fellow in infectious diseases and acute medicine) and founder of the Global Health POCUS Academy. While working in Malawi and Tanzania, he saw how great the need is for rapid bedside diagnostics. Together with local colleagues, he developed a POCUS training model that is now being implemented independently at the local level. Isaie focuses on curriculum development, training, digitization, and scaling up to multiple countries.
Watch his motivation and project in the video below.
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