Sila works in a refugee setting in rural north-west Kenya. She participated in our online ‘Management of NCDs’ course. Read more about her experiences here. “Joining the live workshop with people from other countries and refugee settings was eye opening. I thought some problems were unique to us. Sharing ideas and solutions was so helpful … Read more …

Bashir works in a regional hospital in Somaliland and participated in our online ‘Management of NCDs’ course. Read more about his experiences here. “I have carried out cascade training with doctor, Health officers, Nurses, Midwives and Community health workers. I followed up some Health workers and have seen them measuring blood pressure accurately, while some … Read more …

Edward works in a clinic in a refgee camp in the west Nile region of Uganda. He participated in our online ‘Management of NCDs’ course. Read more about his experiences here. “Cascade training went well – we now have our 12 clinical officers , from 12 facilities, on board. We will be supporting onsite mentorship … Read more …

Happy is in charge of the health centre at a refugee camp in Burundi. She participated in our online ‘Management of NCDs’ course. Read more about her experiences here. “The clinical skills we learnt on the course were useful and helped get me up-to-date in my knowledge of NCDs. But what interested me more was … Read more …

Robert Edilu was PCI’s first NCD ‘champion’ within the UNHCR programme and is now one of the facilitators for the online course: “Equipped with all the diverse knowledge and experiences obtained through training and support from PCI team and colleagues, I went out into the world to mentor, treat, establish functional systems and to monitor … Read more …

Mawaheb was trained as a mentor as part of our EU-funded project with IRC in Libya: “This project engages health workers from small primary health facilities and invests in them to reach their full potential. As a mentor I have supported health workers from the Ministry of Health in delivering ‘cascade training’ with their colleagues. … Read more …

Miata, Nurse and Public Health Officer with UNHCR, was part of a cohort of primary care clinicians we supported on managing NCDs in refugee settings: “Following training with PCI we established a clinic for diabetes in the camp. From the Training of Trainer method, clinicians were able to cascade training to other staff. This means … Read more …

Osama participated in training as part of our EU-funded project with IRC in Libya: “The key advantages of the recent digital training from PCI were the comprehensive content, and the discussion sessions (webinars) carried out through Zoom with excellent professional trainers in terms of knowledge and performance. Any training at present is challenging due to … Read more …