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Mental health, an often neglected disability.
10 July 2018
Mental health disorders are a significant, but often overlooked, disability....
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Improving healthcare for children born with clubfoot
10 July 2018
More than 30,000 children in Africa are born with clubfoot each year....
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Five Questions With….Elizabeth Iro
8 June 2018
We caught up with newly appointed Chief Nursing Officer at the WHO, Elizabeth Iro, to find our her thoughts on everything from current challenges to the WHA...
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Our 2018 WHA Round-Up
1 June 2018
It was no surprise to see that universal health coverage (UHC) was the thread that ran through the Assembly’s proceedings and the many formal and informal side events....
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The Voluntary Nurses Saving Lives in Sierra Leone
9 May 2018
One of the highlights of the trip was our visit to an RCPCH project which trains nurses in the delivery of ETAT+ training in paediatric triage and emergency care....
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The Royal College of Midwives: Journeys in midwifery twinning 2012-2018
8 May 2018
The Global Midwifery Twinning Project (GMTP) was a three-year multi-country partnership in the THET Health Partnership Scheme from 2012 to 2015. ...
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“Community Health Workers (CHWs) will bridge the gap between the community and the formal health sector.”
24 April 2018
In Tanzania, THET, in partnership with the Benjamin Mkapa HIV/AIDS Foundation and the Ministry of Health is working to train CHWs....
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THET Spotlight: World Health Day – UHC
4 April 2018
More than half of the world’s more than 7.3 billion people do not receive the essential package of health services they need....
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#BeBoldForChange (one year on)
7 March 2018
On 7 March 2017, we made the commitment to become more conscious about how our work at THET is advancing gender equality....
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Partnerships beyond ticking boxes: working with the private sector to further global health
31 January 2018
It is estimated that over 40 million people are in need of palliative care every year, 78% of whom are in low and middle income countries....
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The Essential Role of Surgery in Achieving Universal Health Coverage
31 January 2018
Surgery cuts across nearly all aspects of health including conditions such as obstructed labor and traumatic injuries....
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Global Surgery – The ‘neglected stepchild of global health’
31 January 2018
Global surgery, the ‘neglected stepchild of global health’, remains a looming health crisis within low and middle income countries....
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