Stories
Read accounts from health workers involved in Health Partnership activity across the globe and the impact it's having on patients.
Midwives, mothers and medicines
3 April 2019
I decided I wanted to be the person who gives babies to mothers as I love children....
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Tackling the neglected in Sierra Leone
8 October 2018
During our monitoring visit to Sierra Leone we met with Andrew Sesaye, a Community Health Officer (CHO) at the Bimkolo Health Centre in the Bombali district....
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“At first, I thought that one of my neighbours had bewitched her”
10 July 2018
Early detection, prevention and intervention for infants at high-risk of developmental disability in Western Uganda....
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Not just a woman’s job anymore! – Nursing in Ghana
8 May 2018
The dedication and determination embodied in the health workers at Korle Bu Hospital is truly inspirational; here is Obuobi Abdul-Rahman’s story....
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Three women (and a man!) making a difference for the mothers living in the Mwanza region, Tanzania
4 April 2018
Here are the accounts of three female CHWs (and one man!) who are bringing real change to the communities they serve....
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Pressing For Progress – Somalia and Somaliland
7 March 2018
We caught up with Nura Ibrahim who has been working in our Somalia/Somaliland office for the past year as Programme Officer to hear how they are pressing for progress!...
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The ‘Morphine Keepers’ – Palliative care training in Uganda
22 January 2018
Palliative care remains a neglected global health theme, but partnerships such as this show the value in training programmes....
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Patient Story – Kadima
8 January 2018
Hunduma suffers from diabetes, here is her story....
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A Step Change – Improving Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery in Ethiopia
5 January 2018
Tim Nunn is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at CURE Ethiopia, situated in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Our colleagues Charlotte and Edvige met him and his team in June 2017....
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Building a future for limb reconstruction in Gaza
31 October 2017
The THET funded partnership between King’s College Hospital, London and Shifa Hospital, Gaza has for the last two years supported the development of trauma care services....
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Tackling child and adolescent mental health in Uganda
25 August 2017
Candia Umar is a Psychiatric Clinical Officer (PCO) at Arua Regional Referral Hospital in the West Nile region in Uganda. ...
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“Don’t they throw rocks at you?” – The Brain Gain Programme in Uganda
25 August 2017
The story of Ruth, a bipolar patient and Peer Support Worker working to change the perception of mental health in Uganda....
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