First IHLFS small grants have been awarded

Posted on 22. Jan, 2010 by Erin in Latest News, Press Release

THET and the British Council are pleased to announce that the first small grants of up to £3,000 each for the International Health Links Funding Scheme have now been awarded.

The projects of the small grants are:

Subject: Nephrology
Partners: Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Ethiopia, and the University of Wales, Cardiff, UK
Aim: To develop a continuing medical education programme for doctors at the Tikur Anbessa Hospital and other hospitals in Addis Ababa with a particular focus on acute renal failure (ARF).

Subject: Ophthalmology
Partners: ECWA Eye Hospital, Kano, Nigeria, and the Western Health and Social Care Trust (WHSCT), N.Ireland, UK
Aim: To enable a team from CWA Eye Hospital in Kenya to spend a week at the Western Health and Social Care Trust, N Ireland, in order to complete a needs assessment and work together to prepare a memorandum of understanding and detailed three-year activity plan aimed at capacity building at ECWA hospital.

Subject: CVC associated infection
Partners: Aga Khan University Hospitals (AKUH) Tertiary Care Hospitals, Pakistan and the Addenbrooke’s Abroad, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Aim: To support the exchange of best practice in central venous catheter (CVC) associated infection and knowledge in patient safety, and to train nurses in line insertion and care.

For more information about small grants click here. For more information about the International Health Links Funding Scheme, please click here.