Announcing the first Global Capacity Building grantees
9 February 2024
THET is thrilled to announce the award of 11 grants through the Global Capacity Building Programme (GCB).
Funded by NHS England, the new grants are comprised of 7 grants of £50,000 each and 4 grants of £10,000 each, with a combined value of £390,000. These grants form the first round of grants awarded through the Global Capacity Building Programme, and will support projects in Uganda, Zambia and South Africa.
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7 large grants of £50,000 each
| Project Title | UK Partner | Global Partner | |
| Zambia
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The integration of nutritionist led enhanced clinical nutrition into healthcare and education facilities through the Capacity Strengthening of a Centre of Excellence for Nutrition at Levy Mwanawasa Medical University (LMMU) | Birmingham City University | Levy Mwanawasa Medical University |
| Zambia | To assess the current landscape of anaesthesia provision across Zambia and to grow links between physician and non-physician cadres | Global Anaesthesia Development Partnerships (GADP) | Society of Anaesthetists of Zambia |
| Uganda | To increase the Retinopathy of Prematurity screening capacity among Midwives in the Bunyoro region at Hoima Regional Referral Hospital, Western Uganda, in twelve months. | Eye Health Africa | Ubora Foundation Africa |
| Uganda | To implement and evaluate a co-designed, mandatory, interdisciplinary, one-day Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (EmONC) training course throughout the Kampala Metropolitan Local Maternity and Neonatal System (LMNS). | NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board – West Yorkshire and Harrogate Local Maternity and Neonatal System (WYH LMNS) | Kawempe National Referral Hospital |
| Uganda | Strengthening leadership and management among local government health managers in Wakiso district, Uganda | Nottingham Trent University and Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) | Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH) |
| Uganda | Modelling a transferable, multi-disciplinary orientation programme to reduce neonatal morbidity and mortality from sepsis in four public health facilities in Uganda | Knowledge for Change (K4C), UK | Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital (FPRRH) |
| South Africa | Strengthening paediatric burns care through health worker training in the Cape Winelands | Children’s Hospital Trust UK | The Harry Crossley Children’s Nursing Development Unit |
4 small grants of £10,000 each
| Project Title | UK Partner | Global Partner | |
| Uganda | To equip midwives with specialist skills/qualifications in clinical research and undertake a qualitative focus group with midwives and women about vaginal health. | Imperial College London | Makerere University |
| Uganda | Initiating clinical Cardiac MRI services in Uganda | St Bartholomew’s Hospital, Barts Heart Centre (BHC) | Uganda Heart Institute (UHI) / Makerere University College of Health Sciences |
| Uganda | Establish knowledge exchange links between Ugandan and NHS England mental health practitioners and educators | Manchester Metropolitan University | Butabika School of Psychiatric Nursing (BSPN) |
| Uganda | To lay the foundations for Gulu to become a centre of excellence in Emergency medicine – supporting the 2 current sites in Makerere Teaching Hospital and Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital to support the MOH’s aim to significantly increase the number of EM Doctors in the next 5 years. | The Royal College of Emergency Medicine | St Mary’s Hospital |
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