IHLFS Funded Health Links

The following Health Links have been successful in their application to the International Health Links Funding Scheme (IHLFS).

Bangladesh
Ethiopia
Ghana
Kenya
Malawi
Mozambique
Nepal
Nigeria
Pakistan
Rwanda
Sierra Leone
Tanzania
Uganda
Zambia

Bangladesh

  • Chittagong Medical College Hospital, Bangladesh and Oxford Radcliffe Hospital. Improving care for critically ill patients. (medium grant)
  • Dinajpur Medical College Hospital, Bangladesh and Birmingham Heartlands Hospital (start-up grant)
  • Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh and East London Foundation Trust – NHS Mental Health Trust (start-up grant)

Ethiopia

  • Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Ethiopia and University of Wales, Cardiff (start-up grant)
  • Menelik II Hospital, Ethiopia and Stoke Mandeville Hospital:  Building capacity for eye care services in Ethiopia through the  Addis-Bucks VISION 2020 Link (project grant)
  • Gimbie Adventist Hospital in Ethiopia and Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: Reducing death and serious illness arising as a consequence of pregnancy and child birth in West Wollega, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (project grant)
  • Gondar University Hospital, Ethiopia and Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust: Building capacity for treatment of chronic disease in rural Ethiopia. (project grant)

Ghana

  • Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana and Moorfields Eye Hospital: Supporting efforts to tackle avoidable blindness and visual impairment across West Africa through developing eye care services by providing training nationally and regionally. (large grant)
  • Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana and Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh: The Development of Paediatric Oncology Services (start-up grant and project grant)
  • Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana and Hampshire Community Health Care (start-up grant)
  • Ghana Health Services and Southampton University Hospitals’ NHS Trust. Strengthening the healthcare system in the Upper East Region of Ghana through workforce capacity building. (medium grant)
  • Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Ghana and Mid Cheshire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: Tackling avoidable blindness in northern part of Ghana (VISION 2020) (project grant)
  • The Rural Health Training School, Kintampo, Ghana and Hampshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust: Building the capacity of mental health educators. (project grant)

Kenya

  • Eastern Africa College of Ophthalmologists and Royal College of Ophthalmologists: Strengthening eye care training in Eastern Africa. (large grant)
  • Molo District Public Health Service, Kenya and Powys Health Board. Providing audit and evaluation methods training to community based health workers to gather information regarding the training needs community health workers in the district. (medium grant)
  • Kenya Paediatric Association, Kenya and the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (start-up grant)

Malawi

  • Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Malawi and NHS Tayside Health Board. Reducing Burn and Scald Mortality in Children in Malawi. (large grant)
  • Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Malawi and Royal Liverpool University Hospital. Developing sustainable gastrointestinal endoscopy training in Malawi to deliver a safe clinical service. (medium grant)
  • Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital and Malawi Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Improving hypertension management through the introduction of nurse led hypertension clinics in the central hospital. (medium grant)
  • Zomba Mental Hospital, Malawi and North Yorkshire and York NHS Community and Mental Health Services. Scaling up mental health services in Malawi through community support and services by health surveillance assistants. (medium grant)
  • Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Malawi and Newcastle Royal Victoria Infirmary: Childhood Cancer Project (project grant)
  • Chikwawa District Health Office and the Scottish Parasite Diagnostic Laboratory, Stobhill Hospital: Maximising Malawian endemic infectious diseases surveillance and interventions through evidence-based educational approaches at community level. (project grant)
  • National Organisation of Nurses and Midwives of Malawi and Royal College of Nursing Scotland: Nursing Leadership and Mentorship Training for Young Malawian Nurse/Midwives (project grant)

Mozambique

  • Pebane Hospital, Mozambique and NHS Forth Valley: Staff education and training programme and district health worker development programme. (project grant)

Nepal

  • Kanti Children’s Hospital, Nepal and Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust: Improving Burn Care in Nepal (project grant)

Nigeria

  • ECWA Eye Hospital, Kano, Nigeria and Western Health and Social Care Trust, Northern Ireland: Improving children’s eye care services (start-up grant and project grant)
  • Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro, Nigeria and University of Manchester / Lancashire Care NHS Trust (start-up grant)
  • Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Ghana and Mid Cheshire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: Tackling avoidable blindness in northern part of Ghana (VISION 2020) (project grant)
  • The Rural Health Training School, Kintampo, Ghana and Hampshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust: Building the capacity of mental health educators. (project grant)

Pakistan

  • Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences and Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London: Integrating mental health into primary care in remote rural areas of Pakistan (large grant)
  • Aga Khan University Hospitals, Pakistan and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (start-up grant)
  • Civil Hospital Karachi, Pakistan and Lancashire Care Foundation NHS Trust: Improving access to psychosocial therapies within the Pakistan mental health services. (project grant)

Rwanda

Sierra Leone

  • The Kambia District Health Management Team, Sierra Leone and Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Strengthening maternal and newborn health in the Kambia District. (large grant)
  • Lumley Government Hospital, Sierra Leone and Basildon and Thurrock University Hospital: Supporting the development of the first epilepsy management programme in Sierra Leone. (medium grant)
  • Ola During Children’s and Princess Christian Maternity Hospitals, Sierra Leone and Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Local Health Board. Developing clinical laboratory services. (medium grant)
  • Sierra Leone Psychiatric Hospital and Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust. Building the capacity of the Sierra Leone Psychiatric Hospital through training and support. (medium grant)

Tanzania

  • Kilimanjaro Christian Medical College, Tanzania and Mildmay Mission Hospital. Strengthening HIV and AIDS Health Professionals’ Education in areas of high HIV prevalence in Tanzania. (large grant)
  • Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Tanzania and Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust. Establishing a School of Radiography. (medium grant)
  • Sazani Associates and North A District Health Management Team, Zanzibar and Pembrokeshire Local Public Health Team  (start-up grant)

Uganda

  • Hospice Africa Uganda and Glasgow Royal Infirmary: Developing palliative care in sub-Saharan Africa through higher level training of health professionals. (large grant)
  • Butabika Hospital, Uganda and East London Foundation Trust – NHS Mental Health Trust: Increasing the capacity of psychiatric clinical officers to deliver quality integrated mental health care in rural and urban Uganda. (large grant)
  • Church of Uganda Kisiizi Hospital and Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Developing and support capacity building of quality health care programmes (medium grant).
  • Church of Uganda Kisiizi Hospital and Cheshire and Wirral Partnerships NHS Foundation Trust (start-up grant)
  • Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda and University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust. Improving child survival in Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital and surrounding Districts. (medium grant)
  • Mulago Hospital, Uganda  and UCL Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Establishing a community based Peer Support for people living with diabetes. (medium grant)
  • Mulago Hospital, Uganda and Liverpool Women’s Hospital: Working in Partnership to Improve Outcomes in Critically Ill Obstetric Patients (project grant)
  • Hoima Referral Hospital, Uganda and Basingstoke and North Hampshire NHS Foundation Trust: Improving standards of clinical care (project grant)
  • Mbale District Health Office, Uganda and Cwm Taf Local Health Board: Development of an Integrated Emergency Response Service in Mbale region through the PONT Mbale link (project grant)
  • Gulu Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda and University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust: An educational intervention to reduce neonatal morbidity and mortality in Northern Uganda (project grant)
  • Butabika National Referral Mental Hospital, Uganda and East London NHS Foundation Trust: Safety and dignity in mental health care: Promoting skilled management of aggression and violence in inpatient care in Uganda. (project grant)

Zambia