The poor state of medical equipment is a critical barrier to delivering services in hospitals in low- income countries.  How can UK institutions and individuals in partnership with their counterparts overseas help address this challenge; not only through equipment donations, but also by providing the training and support required to ensure medical equipment can be locally maintained?

THET, through the Health Partnership Scheme, is hosting a workshop on Wednesday, 12^th October to bring together various stakeholders to explore this question.  Participants will review best practice guidance for organisations and individuals engaging in medical equipment partnerships, and discuss different models for supporting hospitals in low- income countries to maintain their equipment.

Who should attend?

·         Health ‘Link’/ Partnership coordinators, medical physics staff and other medical professionals interested in being involved with medical equipment partnerships

·         Representatives of professional engineering associations who work with medical equipment and are interested in supporting international volunteering

·         Representatives of charities that donate medical equipment or provide medical equipment training to low-income countries

·         Faculty members of educational institutions involved with medical equipment training and/or engineering and technology student volunteering programs

·         Experts in the field of health technology management in low-income countries

 Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

If you have questions about logisitcs, please contact Louise at: louiseleak@thet.org / +44 (0)20 7290 3894. If you have questions about the medical equipment partnerships programme, please contact Shauna at shauna@thet.org / +44 (0)20 7290 3892 / +44 (0)79 83 999 814.