Globally, non-communicable diseases are now the leading cause of death. And there is a growing awareness that humanitarian emergencies are increasingly occurring in populations who – as a result of changes in demographics (ageing population) and environment (unhealthy diet, tobacco use, physical inactivity) – are already at high risk of NCDs. In increasingly protracted crisis … Read more …
As an innovator aiming for scaleable systems change, PCI places equal emphasis on developing leaders as it does on clinical training. And so, PCI’s training team have just returned from Lesotho, where they delivered PCI’s Non-Communicable Disease training package to 11 Family Medicine Registrars, who together serve a population of over 200,000 people (nearly a … Read more …
Avocados are the “poor man’s’ staple” in Uganda, grown in rural villages and seen as such a common fruit as to be nearly worthless. Our colleague, Jonathan Nsamba, a nutritionist trained at the London School of Tropical Medicine and NCD project lead for our Kampala based partner “Lifenet”, was amused to hear that they are … Read more …
Through the Healthcare Innovation Programme, Letshego and PCI are piloting innovative and sustainable healthcare approaches in Eastern and Southern Africa. In Western Kenya, PCI is partnering with AMPATH to test a model that addresses both non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and poverty, and the inter-relationships between them in a rural economy. The key question we are asking … Read more …
As our new programme of work with the UNHCR gathers pace, a PCI team travelled to Tanzania in February to roll-out the “Caring for Refugees with Non-Communicable Diseases” project to operations in Western Tanzania. From the shores of Lake Tanganika in Kigoma in the far west of Tanzania, we made our way North, winding along … Read more …
The roll out of the UNHCR’s NCD programme in Uganda began with an ambitious and action-packed ‘training of trainers’ course, driving 10 hours north from Kampala to the West Nile region. The lush green vegetation of the south gave way to the shrubs and drier lands of the north and, within an hour of our … Read more …
For the past year, PCI’s Healthcare Innovation Programme (HIP), in partnership with Letshego, has been working with Health Builders in Rwanda. Health Builders support primary care health centres by providing mentorship and supervision in five key management areas which include HR, finance, pharmacy logistics, IT and infrastructure. Health Builders have now developed a supervision tool … Read more …
Not long ago, the small seaside towns west of Tunis must have been genteel places of elegant white villas and quiet public squares. To the Libyan doctors, assembled in a comfortable beach hotel for our three-day introductory training in Generic Principles of Primary Care for Non-Communicable Diseases, these towns must look like a glimpse of … Read more …
The first of seven countries set to participate in a second phase of UNHCR project Caring for Refugees with Non-Communicable Diseases, a PCI team has just returned from Rwanda. Our purpose was to help medical staff who work with refugees from neighbouring Burundi and Congo in seven camps dotted around the country improve the care … Read more …
As we come to the end of another busy year, we are delighted to share with you our Primary Care International Annual Review 2017 Please do click through to read all about our highlights from the past year and our priorities for the coming year. Seasons Greetings and all our wishes for a peaceful New … Read more …
