On the night of Wednesday 28th January, the Swansea-Gambia Link held its largest fundraising event of the year with the second annual ‘Auction of Promises’. The Cricketers’ had been transformed for the evening from a local Swansea pub into an all singing, all dancing, cabaret themed auction room to host the occasion. The entire event …
On Monday 8th December 2008 a certain band of Swansea 2nd Year Medical students flew out to the Gambia for 2 weeks. You can read all about their trip on their blog, and look at their photos. In January the Swansea students who visited the Gambia in December gave a presentation about their visit and …
Alex Werhun & Jeff Stephens of the Morriston Hospital Diabetes Unit have written an article for publication talking about how the diabetic foot e-learning module was developed. Download the article here: SGL Diabetes Report
Medical students from The Gambia who have spent study time in Swansea as part of a new link-up will be sharing their experiences of healthcare in the city at a special event this Thursday (20th November). The first cohort of medical students to benefit through the project, the eight medical students from the School of …
The first Gambia – Swansea Vision 2020 Link newsletter has been circulated. Download it here: Vision 2020 Newsletter
A generous sum of £3000 was awarded in December 2008 by the Tropical Health and Education Trust. This Link has developed an action plan and this funding will allow the first stages of this to be implemented.
The Talent Show, organised by the Swansea medicine students, was a great success. Acts from the students themselves, doctors from the NHS Trust, housemates, friends and family included pop and ethnic dancing, music and song. Featured acts included: A101 – Live music from Phil Maull, Sean Doherty, Shaun Favell & Martin Fawcett Uma Rajesh – …
Alex Werhun, Senior House Office and Ros Thomas, Chief Podiatrist, presented the E-Learning Module in the Diabetic Foot to a group of general practitioners during their annual update in diabetes. Two sessions were held at the Liberty Stadium Conference Room during May 2008. The sessions were very well attended and the feedback from the GPs …
As part of the pathology project, a decommissioned tissue processor has been donated from the Swansea NHS Trust to the pathology department at the Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital. Prior to this, all tissue specimens for analysis in the Gambia were being processed by hand – a laborious and time-consuming process. The tissue processor will greatly …
The latest eLearning module in our international health series was launched this week. This module focuses on the assessment and management of the diabetic foot. It was developed in response to a direct request from our partners in The Gambia, who are faced with many relatively young adults with advanced stages of disease who often …
