Blogs
Friendship and a supportive learning environment: sharing critical care skills
Date: 22 December 2024
Critical care practice development nurse Gayle Brunskill describes her second three-week placement in Kampala sharing learning and embedding knowledge with Ugandan staff.
Overcoming adversity: learning from healthcare staff in a low-resource environment
Date: 12 December 2024
Charlotte Skipper is a Specialist Audiologist at Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (CUH). She used a CGHP grant to help fund a visit to Malawi as part of a multi-disciplinary team to support the delivery of ear and hearing healthcare to rural communities.
How to provide Ear and Hearing Care in rural and low-income settings
Date: 12 December 2024
Rebecca Silkstone used a CGHP grant to help fund a visit to Malawi to participate in a project delivering ear camps to rural communities. Here she explains why she got involved and the impact the experience had on her.
‘Building skills to support my NHS training’: reflections of a Global Health Fellow
Date: 9 December 2024
Eleanor Turnbull-Jones is an Infectious Diseases/General Medicine doctor in training at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) and a Global Health Fellow. Here she explains why she took on the fellowship and the impact she’s been able to have.
Gaining new perspectives delivering critical care training
Date: 13 November 2024
Bethany Andrews is a critical care nurse at Addenbrooke’s Hospital. She spent a week in Kampala delivering training with Ugandan faculty on the management of deteriorating patients. Here she explains more about the experience and why it happened at just the right time.
Finding ways to stop the spread of infection in maternity and neonatal care
Date: 9 October 2024
Tinotenda Manyere spent a month in Kenya supporting fellow nurses, midwives and mothers to implement infection prevention control practices to help reduce maternal and neonatal deaths.