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News, events and stories from across the health partnership community. We would love to hear from you! If you have an idea for a piece or an account from a trip please contact our Communications Team: comms@thet.org

Calm, Composed and Connected against COVID-19

We spoke to members of the case management team at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital about their experience on the isolation ward....

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Securing Supplies in Somaliland

In partnership with King’s College London, THET has worked to procure vital PPE equipment to support Somalia/Somaliland's COVID-19 response....

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Maintaining Links to Fight the Pandemic

We heard from David Pagliaro, Group Managing Director at InfoPro Digital, on why they have chosen THET as one of their sponsored charities....

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Female Health Workers and COVID-19: Gender Disparity in a Time of Global Crisis

The COVID-19 global pandemic has highlighted many of our societies’ failings, from the lack of resilience of our economies to the prevalence of misinformation....

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Is Uganda on track to win the COVID-19 battle or is the worst yet to come?

THET Country Director, Sheba Gitta, reflects on Uganda's battle against COVID-19 and the role of partnership in flattening the curve....

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Dame Julie Walters supports the Health Worker Action Fund!

We are delighted to have the continued support of Dame Julie Walters as we work to protect the physical and mental health of health workers on the frontlines....

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Sustainable Change in an Era of COVID-19

Impax Asset Management are the first of our corporate partners to support the Health Worker Action Fund, which is providing vital training and equipment to health workers...

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COVID-19: Cementing Support for Women and Girls

The support we have received from the Fraxinus Trust over the past two years has been invaluable to THET, allowing us to strengthen our approach to gender equity....

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A New View: Designing the care we give

Nurses are the bridge between a patient and the system, and by enabling nurses to practice to the top of their licence, we can help to improve health systems globally. ...

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Nursing Now and Forever: The State of the World’s Nursing Report must be the basis for action

We hardly need to state the value of nurses at the moment – and yet we must. The world will need an additional 4.6 million nurses by 2030 to ensure health for all....

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Transferring Skills to Fight the Pandemic

Jessica, a clinical nurse specialising in TB and THET volunteer, explains how nurses across the UK and beyond are transferring their skills to help overcome Covid-19....

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‘Testing our stamina from all perspectives’: How Myanmar is coping in the face of Covid-19

It has been more than three months since COVID-19 brought the world to a near stop. Here in Myanmar, the first two positive cases were found only two weeks ago....

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