OUR STORY

HISTORY .

2012​

• Six Co-Founders develop the Bridge To Health concept

2013

• Registered as a Canadian not-for-profit

• First partnership with KIHEFO, Uganda

• 10 member team executes first outreach

2014

• Second outreach program to Uganda

• 20 member team

• Maternal health ultrasound initiative launched

• Pediatric oral health education program launched

• Prosthodontic/denture building program launched

2015

• Registered as a Canadian charitable organization

• Third outreach program to Uganda

• Cervical cancer program conceptualized

2016

• Fourth outreach program to Uganda

• 25 member team

• Cervical cancer See & Treat  program launched

  • KIHEFO treatment and education training program launched

  • 10 Ugandan providers trained and 100 women screened

• University of Toronto partnership launched

2017

• Fifth outreach program to Uganda

• Cervical cancer program expanded to 500 women

• Expanded denture building program

• Musculoskeletal (MSK) program launched

• Point of care ultrasound program conceptualized

• Cervical cancer program conceptualized

2018

• First outreach launched in Kisumu, Kenya

• 6th outreach program to Uganda with 30 volunteers from Canada & U.S.

• POCUS (Point of Care Ultrasound) program expands with innovative Butterfly technology

• New medical system to focus heavily on education and training.

2019

• 2nd outreach in Kisumu, Kenya

• Expanded training to include Community Health Workers

• Partnership with Boston University, Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine

• Cervical Cancer See & Treat program’s first use of CinLuma thermal coagulation device, allowing healthcare providers to quickly and easily treat pre-cancerous lesions that may develop into cervical cancer

• First cohort of 7 pediatric pneumonia POCUS trainees through a remote monitoring protocol

2020

• 3rd outreach in Kisumu, Kenya

• Launched re-engineered inter-professional training program

• First outreach to incorporate electronic medical records systems (EMR)

• Partnership expansion with Kenya Medical Training College

• First Musculoskeletal (MSK) program in Kenya