Stories
Read accounts from health workers involved in Health Partnership activity across the globe and the impact it's having on patients.
Neglected no more – NCDs
24 August 2017
NCDs are now the leading causes of death globally, and nearly three quarters of these deaths occur in low and middle income countries, despite this maternal health and in...
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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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Transforming maternity care in rural Uganda
25 May 2017
Since June 2016, 23 health centre workers throughout Uganda have been trained to recognise and manage unwell mothers and newborns....
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Maternal and Newborn Health: Breaking barriers in rural Uganda
24 August 2017
Vincent Kyeswa is the manager of the St. Bernards Mannya Health Centre, situated in Masaka Province. Our colleague Edvige met him and his team in March 2017. ...
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Not all Health Workers Wear White Coats
25 April 2017
Equipping a new generation of engineers in Zambia with the skills to manage medical equipment safely and effectively....
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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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Emergency, Triage, Assessment and Treatment (ETAT) training in Myanmar
25 February 2017
The RCPCH and The Myanmar Paediatric Society, worked in partnership to improve the quality of hospital care for seriously sick and injured children in Myanmar...
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Video – Volunteering Support
21 September 2017
UK health professionals who have volunteered overseas discuss the benefits to them and the NHS....
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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 Kolkata-Brighton Health Partnership
21 September 2017
Dr. Mitra of the Kolkata-Brighton Health Partnership charts the development of the partnership and reflects on some of the successes of the palliative care 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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