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  • KIT hosts Gaza Health Conference

    • Event
    • News

    Today, KIT is hosting an international conference of experts, practitioners and policymakers committed to restoring healthcare in Gaza. The conference, organised by KIT Institute and the Gaza Health Initiative, is the third in a series of three international meetings to address critical and urgent healthcare needs in Gaza. A prominent guest joining the meeting in […]

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  • Human Resources for Health in Conflict Affected Settings: A Scoping Review of primary peer reviewed publications 2016 – 2022

    • Institute
    • Publication

    Conflict has devastating effects on health systems, especially on healthcare workers (HCWs) working in under-resourced and hostile environments. However, little evidence is available on how policy-makers, often together with development partners, can optimize the organization of the health workforce and support HCWs to deliver accessible and trustworthy health services in conflict-affected settings (CAS). A scoping […]

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  • Africa Day 2019 & Albert Schweitzer Awards

    • Events
    • Event

    On Saturday 13th April KIT Royal Tropical Institute hosted and celebrated Africa Day, and announced the winners of the Albert Schweitzer Awards. The Dutch Albert Schweitzer Fund (NASF), which focuses on promoting health care in Africa, presented the prize for the ninth time during the Day. Jonathan Vas Nunes (31, tropical doctor in training) was […]

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  • Addressing Governance, Gender and Disasters in a Fragile Health System

    • Institute
    • Project

    This two-week tailor-made training  course was designed to provide staff at the Aga Khan University, Karachi (AKU) with both theory and practical tools for governance and gender mainstreaming within health systems, particularly with respect emergency response. Redressing the balance in an ill-prepared health system Pakistan is regularly confronted with natural disasters as well as conflict. As gender inequality […]

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  • Strengthening HRH Planning and Management in Moldova

    • Institute
    • Project

    Moldova faces an enormous emigration of health professionals especially to the EU and US. The Moldovan Ministry of Health and the Observatory for Human Resources for Health (HRH) therefore approached KIT to help them improve human resource management skills in order to motivate health workers to remain in Moldova. Training to Remain KIT examined the […]

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