Bringing the Family Medicine Model to China: A View from Guangzhou

Some of the health statistics associated with a country as vast as China can be challenging to comprehend. 100 million people in China have diabetes. 40% of the cigarettes in the world are smoked in China. Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes and heart disease cause nearly 90% of the 10 million deaths in China … Read more …

Training Across Borders – Reaching Healthcare Workers on the Front-Line

“If I can keep Syria’s children healthy, then I’ll be happy” concluded Masud*, a doctor who participated in a PCI training workshop for the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Amman last month. We were chatting over coffee during a short break in a busy programme about Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) management, using ‘Emergency NCD Kits’ that … Read more …

We’re recruiting – could you be our next Partnerships Manager?

Partnerships Manager   3 days/week @ FTE £30,000 (depending on skills and experience) 12-month fixed term contract initially with a view to renewing beyond the first year. Home-based with occasional meetings in Oxford and in London. Please note that this is a UK based role and that applicants must have the right to live and … Read more …

Healthcare Innovation Programme sees new partnership with Health Builders in Rwanda

PCI is delighted to be launching a new collaboration with Health Builders, who have spent nearly a decade developing and strengthening health systems in Rwanda. Through a structured process of engagement with local primary care facilities, staff are mentored as they work to improve their management performance in areas such as human resources, infrastructure, finances … Read more …

Tales from Tindouf: Training Sahrawi doctors in exile

The landscape around Tindouf town is bleak and desolate, a wasteland of stone and sand, and drifts of spent plastic bags and bottles, blown by the desert winds. In a corner of this desert, between 90,000 and 150,000 Sahrawi people are trying to build an independent nation, in preparation for their hoped-for return to Western … Read more …

Tackling Chronic Disease in Primary Care – Reporting Back from Yangon

When we were first approached to work with local partners to strengthen clinical knowledge of diabetes and hypertension amongst primary care practitioners in Yangon, Myanmar, it sounded straightforward enough. Then when we learnt about the myriad of tiny private GP practices and the challenges of obtaining consistent advice and efficient referrals to secondary care, the … Read more …

Could you help with reviewing video footage?

We have a reasonable volume of video footage from recent training courses which we would like to be able to make use of in the future, however are in need of some help reviewing this before we can turn it into training content. So we are looking for a volunteer who has an interest in … Read more …