Dr Keith Travel Grant
Reports
Travel reports from successful candidates
2022
Hannah Raval
Kanyanga, Zambia
Obstetrics
“The focus of this field visit will be to assess the impact of increased utilisation of the new Mother’s Shelter/Mother’s Waiting Home has on maternal outcomes at the Kanyanga health post.”
2022
Alex Morgan
Oshakati, Namibia
Anaesthetics and ICU
“All doctors in Namibia… once they are working at a DGH they may be the sole anaesthetist. They will be expected to manage emergency cases out of hours, including major trauma and neurosurgical cases that cannot be transferred”
2022
Lucy Lester
Blantyre, Malawi
Plastic Surgery
"I’d like to share my experiences from a year living and working in Blantyre. These are just my opinions and observations, but I hope they illustrate how a typical week might pan out"
2021
Lydia Longstaff
Mandritsara, Madagascar
Surgery
“The hospital functions remarkably with limited resources. We close abdomens with a sterilised fishing line and use mosquito netting as hernia mesh… Imaging options are x-ray or ultrasound… basic abdominal ultrasound is a new skill that I have quickly learned.”
2022
Charlotte Greene & Alice Pearson
Sierra Leone
Research
“The CRADLE device has been shown to save lives but to have a long-term, cost-effective and sustainable impact the devices must be long-lasting…, we undertook a project to assess the sustainability of the CRADLE device”
2021
Anna Littlejohns
Kampala, Uganda
Paediatrics / Frugal Innovations
“Our work was looking at a newly created CPAP system… using the concepts of frugal engineering to create a device that would specifically be appropriate to use in healthcare settings in LMICs”
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