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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

Betrayal of the Nursing Now Legacy

Cancelling funding aimed at supporting the development of nurses and midwives, at a time when we are all too aware of the vital global role they play, is disastrous....

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PRESS RELEASE: Government cuts £48million in funding for global health training as part of UK Aid spending cuts

The UK Government has cut £48million in global healthcare funding as part of the wider cuts to UK foreign aid spending....

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Protest and Protect: Myanmar’s GP-Trishaw Partnerships and the Spring Revolution

With Myanmar’s health system in crisis, GPs and transport workers have formed medic teams to provide emergency care. Here, Dr Myint Oo explains how these partnerships hav...

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The Plight of the Dermatology Community in Myanmar

The gravity of the situation in Myanmar is immense and devastating for the population whose future hangs in the balance....

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Working in Partnership to Support Clinicians in Myanmar

We hear from Marcus Wootton, Programme Manager at RCPCH Global, on how the Health Partnership community is using digital and human connection to provide vital support....

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Strong, United and Influential: Introducing the Health & Care Women Leaders Network

The network’s mission is to be a strong, united and influential voice for women, embracing the multiple and intersectional identities that the word ‘woman’ speaks to....

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Case proven! Why Optimism was the right choice for Health Partnerships

In August 2020 I outlined the case for optimism, inspired by the conversations I had in the early weeks of the pandemic with colleagues from across the UK. Eight months o...

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Five Questions With…José Manuel Barroso

We spoke to José Manuel Barroso, Board Chair of Gavi and former President of the European Commission, to find out why COVAX is so essential, why protecting health workers...

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From Vaccine Equity to Universal Health Coverage: Achieving health for all in Zambia

On this World Health Day, we spoke to Leo Ntinga of Chilenje General Hospital to find out why it is vital that health workers are among the first vaccinated and the healt...

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From Protectionism to Solidarity: Ensuring sustainability in COVID-19 vaccines and recovery

Equitable access to vaccination benefits and protects everyone....

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Partnerships in a time of COVID-19

We live in a globalised world. COVID-19 has made it evident that a problem in one corner of the world is a problem across the world....

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Five Questions With…Allison Burden

We hear from Allison Burden, Programme Director of CARE International and Honorary Advisor for THET, on why forging a more inclusive and equal world is vital....

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