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Chitambo Hospital Midwifery School Zambia Link

Posted on08. Feb, 2010 by Erin.

About the Link This project builds on existing links with Chitambo Hospital including longstanding links between Scotland and Chtambo.   The hospital was founded in 1908, by Scottish missionaries, in memory of David Livingstone who died nearby.  It was staffed by a succession of Scottish nurses and doctors and is now a government hospital managed by [...]

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Imperial College London – National University of Rwanda Link

Posted on29. Jan, 2010 by Erin.

About the Link Link is between the Global Health Institute, Imperial College, London and the Ministries of Education and Health in Rwanda and the National University of Rwanda. It has developed from a link established in 2007 in Child Health, focussing on neonatology, with teach and training of undergraduate medical students and postgraduate trainees and [...]

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Khandel light – Barley Surgery Link

Posted on28. Jan, 2010 by Erin.

About the Link Khandel light, Registered Charity Number 1083200, was created in June 2000 by Dr Peter Gough following his first visit to Khandel, Rajasthan. Dr Gough, a Family Doctor in North Hertfordshire, formed a committee of ten volunteer Trustees, drawing together a broad range of skills and expertise.  The Trustees seek to improve the [...]

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Madagascar – Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust

Posted on28. Jan, 2010 by Erin.

About the Link Formal Memorandum of Understanding was signed in Leeds in May 2008 when our Malagasy colleagues visited Leeds. The link is between the Ministry of Health in Madagascar; HJRA the largest teaching hospital in Antanarivo and SALFA Health Systems at Andronomadio Hospital in Antsirabe SALFA. The first scoping visit was undertaken in November [...]

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