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News, events and stories from across the health partnership community. We would love to hear from you! If you have an idea for a piece or an account from a trip please contact our Communications Team: comms@thet.org

The Essential Role of Surgery in Achieving Universal Health Coverage

Surgery cuts across nearly all aspects of health including conditions such as obstructed labor and traumatic injuries....

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Highlights from THET Annual Conference 2017

3 days, 350 delegates and 98 speakers presenting on all things global health and partnerships: our 2017 Annual Conference provided insight into the power of global health...

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Celebrating Impact – The Health Partnership Scheme

We are pleased to celebrate the successes of the Health Partnership Scheme 2011-2019....

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A welcome to our new Head of External Engagement

We are happy to welcome Jeanette McKenna as the new Head of External Engagement at THET....

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Global Health: From National Beginnings to International Partnerships

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

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

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Global Health: The Northern Irish Approach

Professor Nathan Congdon explores the global vision work being done in Northern Ireland...

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Together We Can Overcome – #LetsTalk Depression

The grief and grievances for those suffering from mental health problems are largely overlooked by both health and social sectors....

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#BeBoldForChange

Ben says, "we already have a certain awareness of how gender influences who delivers health services and who benefits from them."...

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Addressing Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) in Uganda

Mental health nurse Emma Gilbert has spent nine months volunteering in Kampala, Uganda, within the Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAHM) project....

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Strengthening Global Mental Health partnerships – #LetsTalk Depression

Petty and Randy explain why sharing knowledge and practice across country borders is so crucial in the battle to improve mental health care....

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Somaliland Health After War

In 2000, THET and Kings College Hospital (UK) began working with health training Institutions in Somaliland to improve the skills and knowledge of health care providers....

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