Africa

The majority of people in the world are still unable to access the medical imaging tests needed to get the best quality healthcare, says Worldwide Radiology, an organisation that has grown from a group of founding UK radiologists with experience of working in limited resource settings to an international team of around 35 long-term volunteers. […]

Access Afya and Butterfly Network were recognised at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show as one of the winners of the World Bank Group – CES Global Tech Challenge award for their ultrasound-telehealth project which is making ultrasound more accessible and affordable in Kenya. Through deploying Butterfly’s cutting-edge ultrasound technology and telemedicine platform, Access Afya (a […]

Deputy operations director at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Brigitte Kaviani has been working in collaboration with Zambian radiographers since 2017. There is limited healthcare provision in the country and a particular need for radiology equipment, accessories and services. Kaviani works closely with Livingstone Central Hospital head of radiology Sydney Mulamfu and together they […]

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester is working with the Kenyan Ministry of Health and Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral and Research Hospital (KUTRRH), to help improve cancer outcomes in the country. A memorandum of understanding was signed on January 20, on the eve of the UK-Africa Investment Summit 2020 that took place in London […]

Two radiographers are asking for donations of unwanted equipment in time for their next visit to a Ugandan hospital. Jane Cheveau from the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Teresa Dawkes from Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust have visited several hospitals in Uganda over the last 10 years as part of the […]

A team from Canon Medical Systems UK was given a warm welcome when it visited a rural village, school and hospital in Uganda to see the positive impacts of clean water due to the company’s Carbon Zero initiative. Since 2014, every imaging system installed by a hospital or clinic in England, Scotland or Wales has […]

Radboud University Medical Centre (UMC) in the Netherlands has been working with the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC) in Tanzania for a number of years, offering support and education. Clinicians from the UMC department of anaesthesia have been developing the provision of anaesthesia at KCMC, as well as a programme to teach staff about its […]

Dr Zul Hanafiah uses SonoSite’s M-Turbo ultrasound system to perform a regional nerve block. SonoSite’s loan of an M-Turbo hand-carried ultrasound system was of great help for a volunteer team visiting Sierra Leone to perform hand sugery. The British Society for Surgery of the Hand team, which included anaesthetist Dr Zul Hanafiah from Chelsea and […]