Blogs
The one-month elective that will make me a better doctor
Date: 1 August 2024
Mithylan Ganeshwaran describes his four-week ethical elective in Kampala, a transformative experience that provided a huge amount of hands-on learning and ignited a passion for emergency medicine.
Embedding learning and empowering nurses: reflections on a four-week critical care placement
Date: 31 July 2024
Critical Care Practice Development Nurse Livi Rees joined the SCALE Critical Care Project in Kampala for a month to help deliver and embed learning that will strengthen patient care in adult intensive care services.
Slowly improving antimicrobial stewardship practices
Date: 26 July 2024
Stuart Drazich-Taylor is a microbiology doctor who spent three months working with the Kampala Cambridge Antimicrobial Stewardship health partnership in Uganda. Here he reflects on the experience, learnings and what he plans to do next.
How pharmacists can empower other healthcare professionals
Date: 25 July 2024
Bobby Shum is a pharmacist and a firm believer in the vital role pharmacists can play in public health. He recently returned from three months working with the Kampala Cambridge Antimicrobial Stewardship health partnership in Uganda.
Tackling Maternal Emergencies: Reflections of a Global Health Fellow
Date: 17 July 2024
As part of her fellowship year Kati spent a week in Kakamega, Kenya, co-delivering a refresher course on infection control, management of sepsis, postnatal care and major obstetric emergencies in a maternity setting.
A ‘bridge’ between countries: the huge value that diaspora staff bring to health partnerships
Date: 20 May 2024
Mercy Rebecca Adera is a staff nurse at the Rosie Hospital. Originally from Kenya, here she describes the experience of helping to deliver training in infection prevention control, management of sepsis and obstetric emergencies in Kakamega, western Kenya.