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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

THET stands with health professionals in Myanmar.

The developments in Myanmar have caused us great concern, and we have been working to understand the impact on our staff there and on our work....

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Volunteering in a Time of COVID-19

In this blog, we hear from Dr Rachel Perry, a virtual volunteer who has been helping to develop Somaliland’s COVID-19 preparedness and response....

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Prioritising Equality for the NHS of the future

We hear from Dr Navina Evans, CEO of Health Education England, on why the needs of minority ethnic and diaspora staff must be met in order to build a stronger, fairer NHS...

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To do or not to do: Diaspora as development agents

We hear from Onyekachi Wambu, Executive Director of AFFORD, on why we must move beyond data gathering to deliver effective action....

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Global Health and Diaspora: Enable, Engage, Empower

I was delighted to be invited, as an outgoing THET Trustee, to chair the steering group of eminent members who brought an enormous wealth of knowledge, lived experience...

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Five Questions With…Professor Mala Rao

To mark the launch of our latest policy report, we hear from Professor Mala Rao, Senior Clinical Fellow at Imperial College London and Honorary Advisor for THET....

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Five Questions With…Andrew Mace

To celebrate the launch of our HEAL campaign, we hear from Andrew Mace of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on the progress being made towards vaccine equity, the impac...

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Five Questions With…Professor Ged Byrne

In our post-COVID world, digital technologies present unprecedented opportunities for health workers to learn, access support and innovate....

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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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