Transcript Harnessing the skills and expertise of health professionals to strengthen healthcare services in some of the poorest countries in the world [PPT 1.39MB]

Harnessing the skills and
expertise of health professionals
to strengthen healthcare
services in some of the poorest
countries in the world
International Health Links
Long term voluntary partnerships between UK health
institutions and their counterparts in developing
countries.
Aim to improve health
services in developing
countries through
reciprocal transfer of skills
and knowledge between
partners.
13th July 2011
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THET’s role
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Advocacy
Support
Country programmes
International Health
Links Funding
Scheme (IHLFS)
• Health Partnership
Scheme (HPS)
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Zambia programme
• ‘Strengthening Training and Education of Health
Workers in Zambia’
• 2009 - 2012
• Approx £1m DFID funding
• Support to Links
• MMed courses in Pathology,
Psychiatry and Anaesthetics
• Biomedical engineering technologists course
• Midwifery and nursing capacity
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IHLFS
• Objective: Improve healthcare in developing
countries by sharing the skills, knowledge and
experience of health workers in the UK
• 3 years (2009 - 2011)
• Funded by DfID and Department of Health
• Jointly managed by THET and British Council
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Health Partnership Scheme
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MDGs 4, 5 and 6
Multi-country partnerships
Paired institutional partnerships
Long-term volunteering
Health partnership fostering/brokerage
Cath Butterfield, Programme Coordinator – [email protected]
Emily Measures, Zambia Programme Manager – [email protected]
HPS team - [email protected]
13th July 2011
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