THET

About Links

What are Health Links?

Health Links are long-term partnerships between UK health institutions and their counterparts in developing countries. The aim of Links is to improve health services in developing countries through the reciprocal exchange of skills, knowledge and experience between partners in the UK and those overseas. Links can operate between a diverse range of formal health institutions (including colleges/universities, teaching hospitals or training centres, hospitals, NHS Foundation Trusts, non-governmental organisation run clinics, non-profit health practices and health ministries) and cover numerous disciplines.

Academic Educational Links

The purposes of academic educational Links are (i) to assist universities overseas (principally those in Sub-Saharan Africa) by fostering cooperation with partner organisations in the UK, and (ii) to increase awareness in British medical and nursing schools of education and training in a wider international context. Such partnerships are most commonly forged between medical or nursing schools, but colleges committed to the delivery of courses in other professions allied to the practice of medicine (laboratory technology, dietetics, physiotherapy and many others) may also be involved. Click here for more information and for links to web-based learning materials for medical and teaching students.

Where does THET fit in?

THET works with health institutions in the UK and developing countries to create lasting partnerships aimed at improving health services in developing countries. THET can provide advice and guidance to institutions throughout a Link’s life-cycle, from identifying Link partners and establishing Links to maintaining Link relationships and implementing Link projects.

THET offers five main avenues of support:

Resources materials (including the THET Health Links and Monitoring & Evaluation Manuals which have been developed based on lessons learned)
Networking
Specialised (Link specific) guidance and support
Programme coordination and management
Funding

By offering support to Links THET aims to assist in the creation of strong, long term and productive partnerships between health institutions which make a measurable difference to the quality of healthcare available to people in developing countries across the world. For more information on Health Links, please visit our Frequently Asked Questions page, or contact us on +44 (0)20 7290 3892 or by email at info@thet.org.

Please note: THET’s website is undergoing re-construction. The Links Search facility does not show all Links information. Contact info@thet.org or 020 7290 3889 for Health Link locations and areas of work.