Welcome to Poole Africa Link
Poole Africa Link was set up in 2009 when a link was set up between Poole Hospital and Wau hospital in South Sudan. Twelve successful visits followed with health care professionals visiting for 2-3 weeks at a time. During this time we trained doctors, nurses and midwives in both the hospital and two schools of nursing. Unrest in South Sudan meant that we have had to withdraw our practical support but strong links with friends there remain.
In November 2014 we formed links with Lira in Northern Uganda, both with Lira University and University Hospital and Lira Regional Referral Hospital. We sent two the three teams a year until we were interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic when we continued contact online and via zoom and sent supplies of much need PPE from Kampala to Lira.
Our visits resumed in October 2022 and four very successful teams have made the long journey since then.
We have also been involved in supporting one of our surgeons who secured a grant for a very successful breast care project.
More recently our Consultant Microbiologist/Head of Microbiology Department at UHD has been successful in securing funding for an antimicrobial project in Lira, currently in its exciting first stage.
The Link is supported by, but not funded by University Hospitals Dorset.
Successful fundraising plays a vital part in supporting our work.
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‘Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for life’