Summary
K4C has hosted over 70 Ugandan Health professionals in the UK between 2013 and 2020, including midwives, nurses, doctors, healthcare managers, record keepers and laboratory and orthopaedic technicians. The staff have travelled from our partner organisations to the UK for between 1 and 6 months to complete educational courses, such as diploma and Masters modules, and to enhance their experience, knowledge and skills. Each fellowship has been supported by the British Commonwealth Fellowship Scheme which provides funding to cover their travel, accommodation, living and course costs.
The structure of each fellowship is designed to meet a specific need that has been identified in advance, and many of these link to K4C’s ongoing projects. For example, the most recent groups of fellows have been from nursing and pharmacy backgrounds and have focused on cervical screening and antimicrobial stewardship respectively. Previous groups of fellows have focused on areas such as respectful maternity care, reproductive health, cell salvage, sexual health, tropical medicine, public health, data collection and analysis and prosthetics and orthotics. K4C maintains a close relationship and provides ongoing support for all fellows once they have returned to Uganda, and many continue to support our projects longer-term.
The structure of each fellowship is designed to meet a specific need that has been identified in advance, and many of these link to K4C’s ongoing projects. For example, the most recent groups of fellows have been from nursing and pharmacy backgrounds and have focused on cervical screening and antimicrobial stewardship respectively. Previous groups of fellows have focused on areas such as respectful maternity care, reproductive health, cell salvage, sexual health, tropical medicine, public health, data collection and analysis and prosthetics and orthotics. K4C maintains a close relationship and provides ongoing support for all fellows once they have returned to Uganda, and many continue to support our projects longer-term.
