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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

Maternal and Child Health: Breaking barriers in rural Uganda

THET's Edvige interviews Vincent on the benefits he received through a THET funded partnership training...

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Sending our professionals overseas is one of the best things the NHS can do

Sending NHS staff overseas is as vital to the NHS as 0.7 per cent aid contribution is to UK plc....

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Raising the Profile of Family Planning in Uganda

Clare Goodhart, reflects on the progress made in the partnership between the Royal College of General Practitioners and Bwindi Community Hospital, Uganda....

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Characterising partnerships and measuring their impacts, both intended and unintended

Lawrence Loh discusses highlights from a session he shared: “Networks for collaboration: partnership communities and volunteer contributions.”...

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A Life-line for Rural Communities: Training Community Health Workers in Somaliland

THET's Timur, describes his visit to a rural village in Somaliland to see how a newly trained group of Community Health Workers are improving healthcare for the local pop...

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Maximising the potential for further funding in Mozambique.

Sarah Cavanagh and Peter Donaldson, reflect on forging links with the Rotary Club to secure potential funding for the future...

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New Partnerships Essential for Global Health Success

Since the HPS launch in 2011, more than 1,500 NHS professionals have volunteered to train over 40,000 health workers across 29 countries....

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Tackling chronic diseases in Ethiopia

Dr Alice Holmes and Dr Arla Gamper travelled to Northern Ethiopia in 2016. In Gondar, they assisted with data collection for a novel study concerning diabetes....

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A New Generation Takes On Chronic Malnutrition

THET’s Communications Officer, Timur Bekir, traveled to Lusaka, Zambia, to document the activity of two ground breaking training courses in nutrition....

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BMET training in Zambia: the money

Chris Mol shares his experiences on what it means to be in what the ‘International Development’ world calls a ‘low resourced country’....

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2017 E-Bulletins

Throwing a spotlight on thematic issues, impact and health workers, our e-bulletins are a great way to find out whats happening at THET and in global health...

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Contributing to a new movement in anaesthesia care

Laura Macpherson, Grants Officer at THET, shares her impressions following a recent monitoring visit to health partnership projects in Ethiopia...

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