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What we doAn international development organisation working to improve health services in developing countries through harnessing the expertise and experience of UK health professionals
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How we work• Long term partnerships between UK health
institutions and counterparts in developing countries
• Aim to improve health services in developing countries through reciprocal transfer of skills and knowledge between partners
• THET promotes action that is effective, sustainable and responsive
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Shortage of specialists
Develop and deliver MMed courses
Accelerate production of healthcare workers
Strengthen skills of health workforce
Increase number of patients seen and treated
Provide higher quality of care
Shortage of nurse lecturers
Provide scholarships to Zambian nurses; build
houses; interim teaching support to nursing schools
Improve distribution of health workforce
Improve patient access to health care
Shortage of biomedical engineering technicians
Develop and deliver BMET course
Accelerate production of healthcare workers
Strengthen skills of health workforce
Increase number of patients seen and treated Provide higher quality of
care
Shortage of nutritionists and
dieticiansDevelop and deliver BSC and
MSC courses
Accelerate production of healthcare workers
Strengthen skills of health workforce
Increase number of patients seen and treated Provide higher quality of
care
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Recruit overseas health professionals
Curriculum development and teaching support
First cohorts graduate
Take up lecturer posts
Lessons learnt (1)
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2•Human
Resources for Health
•Increasing the number of trained health workers
3
•Equipment, Transport and ICTS
•Develop capacity program for management and maintenance of equipment
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