King's Global Health Partnerships

📣We're hiring📣

We are looking for a dynamic Programme Manager to manage our health partnership activities in countries such as the Gambia, Kenya, Sierra Leone and beyond.

This is a full time role based in London.

For more info and to apply: kcl.ac.uk/jobs/138225-...

Our latest newsletter is out now🗞️
➡️Strengthening postgraduate medical education🌍
➡️Dr Elizabeth Tissingh awarded MBE #DRC
➡️Fostering participation in mental health research #Somaliland
➡️KGHP Fellowships: Strengthening Health Systems #SierraLeone

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Wonderful to see this article published in the International Journal of Global Health on:

"Prevalence of Burnout, Secondary Traumatic Stress, Anxiety, and Depression Among Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare Staff in Two Tertiary Hospitals in Zambia."

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📣 Volunteer opportunity 📣

We are looking for Educators in Surgical Nursing to support our safe surgery programme in the #DRC

French-speaking is essential

For more information and to apply 👇
www.kcl.ac.uk/kghp/volunte...

Many congratulations to our colleague Dr Elizabeth K Tissingh, DRC Partnership Lead for being awarded an MBE for her outstanding services to health in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Read more about the award and her work here:
www.kcl.ac.uk/dr-elizabeth...

Our partners from Sierra Leone, Senior Matron Fatmata Jalloh and Matron Hawa Thall presenting at AfreHealth conference on "Developing a Clinical Mentorship & Leadership Programme at Connaught Hospital

Dr Achim Mambu Vangu facilitating the KGHP workshop on postgraduate medical education at AfreHealth

DRC Coordinator Dr Achim Mambu Vangu facilitating the workshop on “Reimagining Health Workforce Retention through Equitable Postgraduate Medical Education Partnerships.” 

KGHP Health Systems Strengthening Lead, Claire Horder facilitating the workshop on PGME at AfreHealth

#AfreHealth2025 conference this week -
@kingsghp.bsky.social in action!

👨🏾‍🏫Presented a poster on scaling up Postgraduate Medical Education (PGME)
👩🏾‍⚕️Sierra Leone partners spoke about success on leading on nurse mentorship
💡Workshop on workforce retention through equitable PGME partnerships

Health systems strengthening in the Democratic Republic of Congo: the importance of surgical data World Health Assembly resolutions have recently placed emphasis on emergency, critical and operative care to achieve universal health coverage. This will require a move away from vertical health progr...

We have published a paper in BMJ Global Health on 'Health systems strengthening in the Democratic Republic of Congo: the importance of surgical data'

Read it here ➡️https://gh.bmj.com/content/10/9/e017759

We will be announcing the recruitment for the third cohort of Global Health Fellows for 2026, in the coming weeks.

Will, an infectious diseases registrar from UK Defence, who will be supporting the Emergency Care programme in Sierra Leone for the next 6 months.

Kasha, NHS Emergency Care Registrar, and in Royal Air Force, beginning KGHP Emergency Care Fellowship in Sierra Leone

Julia, NHS advanced nurse practitioner and KGHP Global Health Fellow, joins us as part of Saving Lives in Sierra Leone III.

Victoria, Senior Nurse-Midwife and new Global Health Fellow joining Saving Lives in Sierra Leone III programme.

The new Global Health Fellows will work in partnership with district government hospitals, community health clinics, and nursing education teams to equip healthcare workers with life saving skills and knowledge across Sierra Leone.

Emily, an Emergency Department registrar and new Global Health Fellow joining Saving Lives in Sierra Leone III.

Kaat, a public health registrar and new Global Health Fellow joining Savings Lives in Sierra Leone III programme.

Rosie, a Senior Research Nurse and new Global Health Fellow, joining the Saving Lives in Sierra Leone III programme.

New Global Health Fellows with some of our current and former Fellows at their induction training in London. L to R: Dan, current Emergency Care Fellow, Alice, former Saving Lives in Sierra Leone project Fellow, with new Fellows, Rosie, Kaat, Emily and Will.

Last month we said farewell to our 1st cohort of five
@kingsghp.bsky.social Fellows, supporting the FCDO-funded Saving Lives Programme in Sierra Leone for the past year.

Meet the new cohort of Fellows continuing the work

📢We're hiring 📢

Join us in leading our cross-cutting programme of work to strengthen #postgraduate #education of health workers in our partner countries in Africa.

More info and apply here: kcl.ac.uk/jobs/120405-...

#HSS #HealthSystemsStrengthening #GlobalHealth

King's Global Health Partnerships secures new funding to improve maternal healthcare in Somaliland

KGHP launches online course with UN Global Surgery Learning Hub for Francophone health workers

Global Health Master's students support research on postgraduate medical education in The Gambia

Reflections from Ndola: A hospital staff wellbeing project in Zambia

Our latest newsletter is out now🗞️🎉

➡️New funding for maternal healthcare #Somaliland
➡️Health worker wellbeing project
➡️Global Health MSc students' research
➡️WHO's Surgical Safety Checklist short course

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Do you have a background in surgery, anaesthesia or peri-operative care, & an interest in global health?
Would you like to use your skills to help strengthen the health workforce in the DRC on safe surgery?
Learn more and apply here ⬇️
www.kcl.ac.uk/kghp/volunte...

Arrived in Geneva🇨🇭 for the #WorldHealthAssembly! 🗺️

@kingsghp.bsky.social is co-sponsoring @surgfoundation.bsky.social event: “Accelerating Catalytic Financing in a New Era”

Join us: tinyurl.com/GSFWHA78

If you’re at #WHA78 too, I’d love to connect. Let’s have coffee ☕️ and chat 💬

#GlobalHealth

📢We're hiring 📢

Lead on managing our #GlobalHealth partnerships and programme of work in #Somaliland and #Zambia

Based in the UK, this is a part time post (21 hours per week/ 0.6 FTE).

More info and apply here: www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/114926-...

Happy #InternationalNursesDay 🎉

We celebrate all the wonderful Nurses who are central to our health partnerships in #SierraLeone #Somaliland #DRC #Zambia and #TheGambia, & the UK's #NHS Nurses who partner with us.

Support our Nursing work in the DRC ⬇️
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https://media.kcl.ac.uk/media/Interview+with+Professor+Andrew+Leather+on+the+maternal+and+neonatal+healthcare+project+in+Zambia/1_0ueq1wm9

This #WorldHealthDay we interviewed KGHP Director, Prof Andrew Leather about the collaboration between Zambian and UK health partners to improve maternal and neonatal health outcomes in Zambia's Copperbelt Province.

Watch the interview here:

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King's Global Health Partnerships Launches Fellowship Programme in Sierra Leone King’s Global Health Partnerships (KGHP) has introduced an exciting Fellowship programme aimed at improving maternal, child and reproductive health outcomes in Sierra Leone, while addressing systemic ...

This #WorldHealthDay2025 come and join us as a Global Health Fellow, supporting a Clinical Mentorship programme to improve maternal, child and reproductive health in #SierraLeone

Learn more about the project and how to apply to the Fellowship here ⬇️
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-g...

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King's Global Health Partnerships secures new funding to improve maternal healthcare in Somaliland King’s Global Health Partnerships is excited to announce new funding from the Alborada Trust to support a two-year project to improve the quality of maternity care at Hargeisa Group Hospital, Somalila...

This #WorldHealthDay we are excited to continue our collaboration with Ministry of Health Development #Somaliland to strengthen maternal healthcare at Hargeisa Group Hospital, preventing avoidable maternal deaths, thanks to funding from The Alborada Trust 🙏

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It's #WorldHealthDay2025: Healthy beginnings, #HopefulFutures
We're working with our health partners in #Somaliland #SierraLeone #Zambia #TheGambia to help provide high quality healthcare for women and babies.
Learn more about our work and how you can get involved
#HealthforAll

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Interesting reflections from KGHP #Volunteer #Pharmacist #NishaThakrar on the mutual benefits of working with health partners in Zambia to tackle antimicrobial resistance #AMR

"Global health partnerships are a fantastic opportunity to learn from others, share ideas, develop sustainable strategies."

@kingsghp.bsky.social is excited to be at this year’s #UK-AfricaHealthSummit 🌍 @globalhealthpart.bsky.social

Claire Horder, our Health Systems Strengthening Lead, will be participating in the panel “Advancing UHC through Health Partnerships”.

⏰ 13:20
📍Wolfson Theatre, @rcphysicians.bsky.social

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📣 Fellowship opportunity 📣

Are you a senior NHS Nurse, Medic, Midwife, Paramedic or Allied Health Professional looking to develop your skills and experience in #globalhealth systems strengthening?

Check out our Fellowships starting in May/June 2025⬇️
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Have you checked out our latest newsletter?

Read all the news from our African health partnerships; recent #globalhealth #research; professional #volunteering opportunities and watch some inspiring films from our projects in the DRC and Somaliland. ⬇️

Our latest @kingsghp.bsky.social newsletter is out now🗞️

➡️New Fellowship programme #SierraLeone
➡️Safe Surgery project film #DRC📽️
➡️Quality Healthcare project film #Somaliland 📽️
➡️Antimicrobial Stewardship #SierraLeone
➡️Response to UK's ODA budget cuts 🌍

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