Blogs
‘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.
From Malawi to the UK: learnings from an elective in a different healthcare system
Date: 8 October 2024
Meet Adham Tarek Beshir, a final year medical student from Malawi who completed a six-week elective at Addenbrooke’s Hospital.
Strengthening microbiology practices and laboratory processes in Kenya
Date: 18 September 2024
Clinical Scientist Wanaemi Allison spent a month in Kenya as part of the Kakamega-Cambridge Health Partnership sharing his skills and experience to help to improve antimicrobial stewardship practices.
A period of incredible personal and professional growth: reflections on an ethical elective in Malawi
Date: 11 September 2024
Aly Shaaban is a medical student who undertook his ethical elective in Malawi, working as part of the Malawi Hearing Project. Here he describes the hands-on learning and research experience he gained.