Category: Training Subscribe to SWIFTSS News via Email Enter your email address to subscribe to receive notifications of new posts by email. Email Address Subscribe Mbeya, Tanzania In late October / early November Greg and Mark travelled from the UK and met up with Mugisha in... READ MORE Further collaboration with GASOC and VRiMS We are delighted to have been invited to collaborate further with GASOC* (whom we already have an established relationship... READ MORE Sierra Leone Workstream Expanding Our AMHSI workstream in Sierra Leone continues to thrive. Nearly 130 mesh hernia repairs have now been carried out... READ MORE Kigoma, Tanzania Following the TSA conference in Morogoro, Mugisha, Mark and Christian travelled by road back to Dar es Salaam, stopping... READ MORE Further progress in Sierra Leone With the original Salone AMHSI pilot centre at Kono set up in June ’23 thriving under the very able... READ MORE New AMHSI Workstream Begins in Ghana We are delighted to have been invited to the Holy Family Hospital, Techiman, to begin a new AMHSI workstream... READ MORE Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza, and the Lake Zone Following the Arusha Hub visit; Greg, Mark and Mugisha then travelled to Mwanza for what was to be an... READ MORE Further AMHSI Progress in the Arusha Hub A final visit to Tanzania this year saw Mark and Greg return to the Arusha Hub at the beginning... READ MORE Medical Students in Muheza The ongoing service running in Muheza is a testament to the sustainability of the approach of this project. With... READ MORE Quality Improvement Virtual Seminar for BMH National Hospital Tanzania We were delighted to be able to facilitate this exciting seminar on the on 22nd September 2023 as part... READ MORE A busy time back in Dodoma, Tanzania Following on from the successes in Sierra Leone, Mark and Lesley travelled to Dar es Salaam via Ghana and... READ MORE New beginnings in Sierra Leone With the profile of SWIFTSS increasing on the global stage, and the successes of the TNMHP becoming more widely... READ MORE We welcome Dr Mugisha Nkoronko to the UK Having overcome a number of challenges and obstacles, we are delighted to have welcomed Dr Mugisha Nkoronko to the... READ MORE The first TNMHP mesh in Selian This really does feel like an important milestone for the project. It rather epitomises what we are trying to... READ MORE 500 Hernias Repaired in Project! We are now able to confirm, and are absolutely delighted to report, that during the month of November 2022,... READ MORE Tulitembelea Tena! “We visited again!” Christian and Mark have just returned from a very successful quality assurance and project review visit... READ MORE SWIFTSS remotely support the KCMC PGS & Netcare Conference 2022, Moshi, Tanzania We were once again delighted with the invitation to support this important educational event in Moshi, Tanzania. We arranged... READ MORE SWIFTSS support the Netcare Foundation Surgical Conference, Moshi, Tanzania Mark was invited to share his wider surgical experience at the Netcare Foundation Surgical Conference 2021 held in Moshi,... READ MORE Mark appointed as a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Winchester We are delighted to report that our ties with the University of Winchester continue to strengthen. Following an invitation... READ MORE Google Glasses – Is Augmented Reality really a reality? SWIFTSS has been exploring many exciting avenues to strengthen their current focus of work in Tanzania. A SWIFTSS presentation... READ MORE More News
