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Welcome from Laura Hucks, Director of King’s Global Health Partnerships
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Our model brings UK health workers to work in partnership with their peers in Somaliland, DRC, Zambia and Sierra Leone. The aim is to strengthen health systems, in those African countries, but also in the UK. The premise is that both partners can learn through this collaboration. We do not think that the UK has all the answers. The Covid pandemic exposed the fragility of health systems across the world - in richer powerful nations, as well as in countries classified as ‘low-income’. There is evidence to suggest that many countries on the African continent, with their experience of managing infectious diseases, had learnt valuable lessons which meant that they were better equipped to face the pandemic. The UK volunteer testimonies that we include in this issue make clear just how valuable collaboration and exchange between African and UK health professionals is, for those individuals but also for the wider NHS and for patients.
Our collaboration aims to benefit our partners not just as participants in capacity building processes, but as visionaries, strategists, decision makers, principal investigators, budget holders, trainers – in short, parties who have an equal, if not a greater, stake in the projects we undertake together. Fair and equitable partnerships are critically important to the success of our endeavour and what we are striving for.
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Latest News from our Health Partnerships
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Global Health Partnerships: a foundation for mutual learning
Laura Semple has been a KGHP volunteer since 2016, working with our partners across a range of projects, particularly in Sierra Leone and Zambia. She reflects on what volunteering has meant to her over the years, and the invaluable lessons she has taken back to her work in the NHS.
Read more here
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Tailor-made solutions: a new burns pressure garment service for Sierra Leone
After the deadly fuel tanker explosion in Freetown last year, Mr Momoh Kenneh, a prosthetics and orthotics technician at the National Rehabilitation Centre, committed to learning an entirely new skill, sewing pressure garments for the long-term care of burns patients. We interview Momoh to learn about this vital service he is providing.
Read more here
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Reducing the gap in mental health services in Somaliland
The Government of Somaliland recently published the first national plan for mental health. We interview Dr Liban Hersi, the Deputy Director for Mental Health in the Ministry of Health Development, to learn about the mental health challenges facing Somaliland and what the new plan hopes to address.
Read more here
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Strengthening eye care in Sierra Leone
Shiama Balendra, a Specialist Registrar in Ophthalmology recently volunteered with KGHP in Sierra Leone to conduct a clinical research project within the Department of Ophthalmology at Connaught Hospital. She reflects on her experience and how it inspired her to raise money for the eye department, by running the Makeni 10K Race in Freetown.
Read more here
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Research from King’s Centre for Global Health and Health Partnerships
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King's Health Partners Annual Conference*
Registration is open for King’s Health Partners Annual Conference 2022 - ‘Transforming Human Health – grand challenges in life sciences, partnerships and collaboration’.
Join KHP on 27th October, 9am – 5pm, to hear about the latest advancements in research, healthcare, education and technology being delivered through the partnership. The event will offer an excellent mix of expert speakers, insightful panel discussions, thought-provoking videos, and engaging Q&A.
*King’s Global Health Partnerships is an initiative of King’s Health Partners. KHP is a partnership of three leading NHS Foundation Trusts – Guy's and St Thomas’ now incorporating Royal Brompton and Harefield, King’s College Hospital and South London and Maudsley – with a globally renowned university, King’s College London.
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Current Volunteering Opportunities
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We are recruiting for the following volunteer posts:
Data Analyst/Statistician, Zambia (remote)
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Meet the People behind the Partnerships
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Help us to continue our work
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If you would like to donate to the partnerships, please consider supporting us with a one-off or regular donation.
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