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 …
Following a very successful initial meeting last year in Cardiff, the Wales for Africa Health Links Group Conference 2008 will be held at the Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea on June 27th. The theme of the meeting will be “Increasing the Impact of Health Links”. We wish to explore how existing Wales-Africa health links may be …
Funding for 3 medical students to visit The Gambia in 2005 was provided by TESITO. This charity aims to improve health in The Gambia with a particular focus on malaria. The students undertook bed net and nutritional surveys in the village of Julangel and also met with their peers in the medical school in Banjul.
A generous sum of £2500 was awarded in June 2007 by the Tropical Health and Education Trust. This was from their Seedcorn programme to enable a team from Swansea to make a short scoping visit to Gambia in September 2007.
A generous donation of £250 was made in September 2007 by the Llanmadoc & Cheriton Gardeners from their Open Day. This money has been added to other funds raised by the Swansea medical students to enable a visit by 3 Gambia students to Swansea Medical School in 2008. Many thanks to Jocelyn Chamberlain for making …
