Identifying Priority Areas of Need in Non-Communicable Diseases Palms GP surgery located in Co Wexford have seven doctors and five practice nurses. Working with the Dept. of Medicine in Mzuzu Central Hospital, they have identified non-communicable diseases as a major phenomenon in healthcare in Malawi posing major problems due to the large numbers, distances to […]
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LauraLynn Children’s Hospice + Palliative Care Support Trust, Malawi
Skills Development for Children’s Palliative Care Staff in Malawi LauraLynn Children’s Hospice aims to build a reciprocal learning partnership with the Palliative Care Support Trust in Malawi, whose objectives include the development of staff members’ psychosocial skills, resilience, and coping in working with children with palliative and life-limiting conditions, and their families. The Start-Up Grant […]
Mayo General Hospital + Londiani District Hospital, Kenya
Strengthening Communications Infrastructure to Improve Partnership Efficiency in Kenya The partnership between Mayo General Hospital and Londiani District Hospital, Londiani, Kenya, was first formalised in 2009, with the signing of an MOU between the institutions, facilitated by the NGO Friends of Londiani. In order to help facilitate the ongoing reciprocal training of clinicians between Mayo […]
University of Limerick and University of Limerick Hospital Group + Upper West Region Health Directorate, Ghana
Promoting the Health Status of the people of the Upper West Region of Ghana University of Limerick Hospitals Group (ULHG) and University of Limerick (UL) are academic partners, working together on a range of initiatives and they share a common goal, to establish a partnership with health and academic institution in a developing country. The […]
Second ESTHER Ireland Start-Up Grants Workshop: Galway
Invitation to ESTHER Ireland’s 2nd Start-up Grants Workshop ESTHER Ireland works to support international partnerships between Irish health institutions and their counterparts in low- and middle- income countries. ESTHER Ireland aims to support such partnerships through recognition, promotion, and networking, as well as helping to build such interactions by providing a Start-Up Grants Programme that facilitates […]
First ESTHER Ireland Start-Up Grants Workshop Successful!
ESTHER Ireland hosts successful Start-Up Grants Workshop On Wednesday 11th March, ESTHER Ireland held its first Start-Up Grants Workshop at the Department of Epidemiology at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in the centre of Dublin. The initial announcement generated a high level of interest among those following ESTHER Ireland’s activities, and the […]
European ESTHER Alliance African Regional Workshop 2014
The Casablanca Voices From October 14-16th 2014, the European ESTHER Alliance held its ground-breaking regional workshop in Casablanca, which, for the first time, gathered both northern and southern ESTHER partners from 22 African countries, and 8 European countries, to share knowledge and experiences in International Partnerships for Health (IHPs), and to work towards common solutions […]
Reflections on the Partnership Panorama (ESTHER session at IFGH International Conference)
In November of last year (2014), the Irish Forum for Global Health held its biannual International Global Health Conference. As part of the conference ESTHER Ireland ran a session titled the Partnership Panorama. The aim of this session was to give a snapshot of the ESTHER Ireland Partnerships as well as recipients of the Start-Up […]
Partnership Panorama: ESTHER session at the IFGH International Conference 2014
Next week, on the 5th and 6th of November the Irish Forum for Global Health (IFGH) are holding their 10th International Conference in Trinity College Dublin, Dublin. The theme of the conference this year is Partnerships for Health. This theme is so appropriate in the world of global health and development where working in isolation […]
ESTHER Ireland attends the Geneva Health Forum 2014
Earlier this year, the Geneva Health Forum was held from the 15th to the 17th of April. The Geneva Health Forum (GHF) is a global health conference coupled with an interactive, web based platform called the Global Health Forum Platform. It aims to bring together global health players from multiple sectors including frontliners, catalysts, researchers […]
