Ndola Central Hospital
Arthur Davison
Children’s Hospital
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OVERVIEW OF PROJECTS
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Cross Cutting
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Biomedical Engineering
Patient Safety and Infection Control
Information Technology and Communications
OVERVIEW OF PROJECTS
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Hospital Specific
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Women’s Health – reducing maternal mortality
Nursing – Critical Care and General Paediatrics
Paediatric ITU Developments
Paediatric ENT and Haematology
WORK THE ZAMBIAN WAY
Understand Zambia
 Understand the resource constraints
 Understand the different disease burdens
 Respect the more formal approach to work.
 Respect the hospital and policitical hierarchies
 Work with Zambian time
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REBASE YOUR REFERENCE AWAY FROM THE UK
WORKING IN ZAMBIA – STRATEGIC APPROACH
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Listen to the priorities of your link hospitals
Listen to the Ministry of Health Strategy
Listen to International Strategy
Work with these to support local and national
priorities.
EXAMPLE – BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
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National Priority – Page 61 of the NHSP
“Medical Equipment – Review, update and implement the
capital investment plan: strengthen capacity for
management and maintenance of medical equipment,
including staffing, training and appropriate facilities
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Ndola Priority
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Bottom Up – equipment inventory, understanding what is
possible
Laboratory development and support
Training
WORKING IN ZAMBIA – PRACTICAL APPROACH
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Get to know your link hospital really well
Listen to what they believe will work
Build relationships and trust – visit, have a
presence, do what you promise.
Always communicate, all of the time
Always listen, all of the time
Promote your work in Zambia and in the UK – link up
with other UK centres
Do things together, as a two country team, learn
from each other, grow respect
THANK YOU