News Categories: Uganda
Working internationally to improve care of critically ill patients
31 October 2023
A team of Cambridge University Hospitals Trust critical care doctors and nurses are visiting Kampala, Uganda this month, as part of the SCALE Critical Care partnership. Over the course of a week, they'll be co-training with Ugandan faculty around 100 ICU staff from across Kampala and other cities in Uganda.
Obstetrics & Gynaecology Partnership Visit
18 February 2023
The aim of this project is to publish a textbook that provides information that is appropriate for the context in which it is being used (Africa) and written by authors who work in Africa; a first of its known kind. The textbook will be published online open access by Cambridge University Press.
Paediatric Cancer Partnership Visit
18 February 2023
A team from Cambridge visited partners at the Uganda Cancer Institute. Over the last two years the team have worked to implement emergency chemotherapy protocols, so the visit was an opportunity to understand the implementation of the protocols , and to agree plans for training and collaboration going forward.
Critical Care Team visit
11 February 2023
A team of three nurses from CUH Critical Care Unit visited Kampala within the SCALE Critical Care partnership. The team delivered a two-day course in the basics of critical care to two cohorts of nurses, training 72 nurses in total over the week. Nurses from the main three critical care units in Kampala, attended. The training was designed with the nursing team on both sides of the partnership and comprised bed-side teaching on the wards and interactive teaching sessions.
CGHP Team Visit to Kampala
2 July 2022
In July, clinicians from Cambridge were able to visit partners in Uganda for the first time since the pandemic! Fiona accompanied two partnership teams visiting Uganda – the Kampala Cambridge Antimicrobial Stewardship team and the SCALE (Strengthening Health Workforce Capacity through Global Learning) Critical Care team. Four East of England Global Health Fellows joined the visits alongside other staff, from CUH. Follow us on Instagram to read more about these visits.
High-Level Ugandan Delegation Visit CUH
28 April 2022
On 28th April, we were delighted to host Ugandan Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Health, Dr Diana Atwine, and members of the Uganda UK Health Alliance at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We had great discussions on #healthpartnerships, a tour of CUH and virtually joined the SCALE Critical Care grand round!
Celebrating International Day of Education
24 January 2021
Today we are celebrating International Day of Education. Education is at the heart of global health partnership activity, rooted in sustainable development. Through training and bi-directional learning, we can improve healthcare for all.
Uganda Cambridge Cancer Initiative Newsletter
21 January 2021
Read the latest Uganda Cambridge Cancer Initiative Newsletter, complete with staff profile on Dr Nixon Niyonzima, Head of Research at Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) and Dr Marta Ferraresso’s blog: Work in Progress: A year spent at the Uganda Cancer Institute.
Cancer Initiative shares first newsletter
1 October 2020
Read the first Cambridge Cancer Initiative newsletter here. The initiative is a collaboration with the Uganda Cancer Institute in Kampala, and brings together experts from across Cambridge and Uganda to collaborate across research, practice and education.
The CGHP Challenge reaches Kampala
8 June 2020
The team are delighted to announce that we have reached our goal, and have arrived (virtually) in Kampala! Thanks to the 95 individuals who have been walking, running and cycling. We have covered an impressive 58000 miles, traversing the Pyrenees, crossing the Sahara, skirting the national parks of the DRC, to finally meet our partners in the city of 7 hills.