The Kambia Appeal in partnership with:
The Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The relationship between Kambia and Gloucestershire has been further strengthened by a new formal agreement with the Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust (GHNHST) to provide up to four weeks of special leave a year to enable health workers from the county to work in Kambia. The Link is chaired by David Holmes, who has been to Kambia on four occasions and is well aware of the needs and aspirations of the Hospital Community. The Link has been recognised and encouraged by The Tropical Health and Education Trust (THET) and will provide a framework for providing training for hospital staff in Kambia by hospital staff from Gloucestershire in vital areas such as neonatal resuscitation and operating theatre procedures.
Trust Chief Executive Frank Harsent is enthusiastic about the Link: “When we see the huge gap between healthcare facilities and staff in Gloucestershire and those in Kambia it makes you realise how privileged we are. I can see how a relatively small contribution from GHNHST can make an enormous difference to the abilities of the Kambia staff to save the lives of women and children and am proud for the Trust to be associated with it.”
GHNHSFT Training visit to Kambia, September 2010
Mark Whyman’s film from the GHNHSFT Training Visit, February 2010
The Tropical Health and Education Trust (THET)
For further details about the Kambia-Gloucestershire Health Link
Contact David Holmes, Link Coordinator on 08454 222337
Download Visitors’ Guide to Kambia
