LINK TO NDOLA Ndola Central Hospital Arthur Davison

- LINK TO NDOLA Ndola Central Hospital Arthur Davison Children’s Hospital

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OVERVIEW OF PROJECTS � Cross Cutting Biomedical Engineering � Patient Safety and Infection Control � Information Technology and Communications �

OVERVIEW OF PROJECTS � Hospital Specific 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

REBASE YOUR REFERENCE AWAY FROM THE UK

WORKING IN ZAMBIA – STRATEGIC APPROACH 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 � 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 � Ndola Priority Bottom Up – equipment inventory, understanding what is possible � Laboratory development and support � Training �

WORKING IN ZAMBIA – PRACTICAL APPROACH 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 �

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