We are a dynamic social enterprise seeking an experienced finance professional to join our Board of Directors on a voluntary basis, and to assist and advise our small core team as we grow. We are a friendly team and already have book-keeping support and core-team hours dedicated to financial management. This voluntary role will extend … Read more …
We are a dynamic social enterprise looking for a Projects Coordinator to provide effective project management support to our clinical teams as well as manage and develop our digital products and services. Working flexibly from home, you will play an important role in our small, friendly team helping us to deliver successful projects across a … Read more …
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 …
“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 …
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 …
Imagine a 40-year old Ugandan farmer named Michael, who lives with his wife and three of his children in the 2 roomed house that he built himself from locally made brick and roofed with sheets of corrugated iron. At night, during the wet season he hears the wind stir. He lies awake watching the flashes … Read more …
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 …
Syria has never been far from the news headlines this Christmas. Some six million Internally Displaced People (IDPs) bear witness to the suffering on all sides of this complex conflict. It is in this context that PCI has been honoured and humbled to be engaged by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to adapt its Package … Read more …
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 …
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 …
