Stories
Read accounts from health workers involved in Health Partnership activity across the globe and the impact it's having on patients.
From Stress to Strength: Supporting Mental Health In Unprecedented Times
1 June 2022
The Gulu Sheffield Mental Health Partnership was established in 2012, with the main aim of improving the quality of mental health service delivery in Gulu....
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Engaging the Community to Prevent Suicide in Uganda
10 November 2020
With funding from THET, the Gulu - Sheffield Mental Health Partnership is delivering a suicide awareness and prevention training project to reduce stigma, build social s...
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Maternal Mental Health in Malawi
20 October 2020
In this blog, Mwawi Ng’oma, a Registered Mental Health Nurse and Midwife shares her journey into the profession and insights from her Health Partnership....
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Tackling child and adolescent mental health in Uganda
25 August 2017
Candia Umar is a Psychiatric Clinical Officer (PCO) at Arua Regional Referral Hospital in the West Nile region in Uganda. ...
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“Don’t they throw rocks at you?” – The Brain Gain Programme in Uganda
25 August 2017
The story of Ruth, a bipolar patient and Peer Support Worker working to change the perception of mental health in Uganda....
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Mental Health: Together We Can Overcome
25 June 2017
The grief and grievances for those suffering from mental health problems are largely overlooked by both health and social sectors....
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Reversing the Suicide Trend
25 March 2017
A health partnership is training nurses in Mysore, India to be able to assess and diagnose mental health disorders in those who attempt suicide....
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Video – The Butabika-East London Link
21 September 2017
Cerdic Hall, coordinator of the Butabika-East London Link talks to THET about the partnership, mental health and his hopes for the future of the project....
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Video – The Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust – Mirembe Link
21 September 2017
Highlighting the project work of the CNWL-Mirembe Partnership in Tanzania. Improving mental health of patients and training for health workers....
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Video – Taking On Alcohol Abuse in Ghana
21 September 2017
The Upper West Region, Ghana - Inverness, Scotland Partnership is training mental health workers to address the problem of harmful levels of alcohol use in the region...
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Video – Reversing the suicide trend
21 September 2017
India is the suicide capital of the world. Many people who attempt suicide suffer from mental health disorders....
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Video – Putting nurses at the heart of mental health care
21 September 2017
Nurses are the largest workforce in India but the majority do not receive specific mental health training....
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