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Global Surgery – The ‘neglected stepchild of global health’

31 January 2018

Global surgery, the ‘neglected stepchild of global health’, remains a looming health crisis within low and middle income countries....

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The NHS shouldn’t despair: We are a beacon for healthcare worldwide

29 January 2018

Despite its current well-publicised problems, the NHS in its 70th anniversary year remains a shining example to the world on how to build an equitable health system....

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From healthworker shortfall to collective commitment. A week at the Human Resources for Health Forum in Dublin.

29 November 2017

Over 1000 delegates from around the world met to reinforce a collective commitment to developing and making available the workforce required to deliver the SDGs....

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THET’s Response to the Dublin Declaration 2017

29 November 2017

THET supports the spirit of the ‘Declaration on Human Resources for Health: Building the Health Workforce of the Future’ made at the HRH Forum 2017...

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‘A Year in the Tanzania Office’ – Godwin Kabalika, Country Director – THET Tanzania

13 November 2017

In 2016, THET established an office in Dar es Salaam to deliver programmes and projects that support and focus on health workforce development. A year on we caught up wit...

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Rheumatic heart disease: a forgotten killer in low-income countries

28 September 2017

Cardiovascular disease continues to be the leading cause of death and disability in the world today: over 17.5 million people die from cardiovascular disease every year....

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Global Health: From National Beginnings to International Partnerships

8 August 2017

After six years of global health partnerships it is clear that the model has really come of age. The stats speak for themselves......

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A multi-pronged offensive against NCDs in rural Ethiopia

9 May 2017

Toby asseses a multi-pronged offensive against NCDs in rural Ethiopia,targeting poor health literacy, lack of trained & located health staff & the absence of diagnostics....

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Re-learning that ‘worn out tools’ are still the most reliable

22 June 2017

Sarah Cavanagh explores the lessons to be learnt from spending time volunteering overseas with health partnerships....

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From a New Director-General to Women Leaders in Global Health: A Week at the World Health Assembly

9 June 2017

Andrew Jones looks at THET's relations with the WHO for the last two and half years....

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NHS expertise, how to reach its full potential

23 September 2014

Our Volunteer Engagement Manager talks about the recommendations of the recently published IDC report and what it might mean for the future of volunteering from the NHS....

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Voluntary Engagement in Global Health

7 August 2014

Graeme Chisholm, gives his reaction to the publication of the new framework for voluntary engagement in global health by the UK health sector...

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