| Next Ethiopia Visit |
24th October 2008 Duration: 2 weeks |
| Website Redesign |
The website has now moved to a more formal content management system. |
Projects
Reports
Related Sites
Login Form
E-learning| E-learning |
 |
|
E-learning is a relatively new project taken up by the link. Since its inception in 1999, the link has not only conducted numerous training workshops but has also donated a large volume of medical textbooks and training materials. The adoption of e-learning has been a natural progression in the link's aim to improve health care delivery in rural Ethiopia. The first e-learning workshop for Ethiopian doctors was conducted in October 2006 as part of the 'Training of the Trainers' program. Specialist doctors responsible for teaching health officers and nurses were shown how to use computers to access medical information both for their own continuing medical education as well as to teach others. This initial hands-on practical workshop was well received and has inspired us to explore further opportunities. E-learning is now part of the Exemplar Health Centres project. |
Emergency Skills
We have trained several hundred front-line health professionals in emergency and essential surgical, trauma and resuscitation skills for use in resource-poor health centres. |
Midwifery Skills
Maternal mortality is very high in Ethiopia. We conduct bi-annual skills workshops for health officers, nurses and midwives in obstetric skills. We also provide essential equipment. |
Laboratory Skills
We conduct training workshops for medical lab technicians as as well as provide teaching microscopes, training materials and reagents. Over 200 lab students have been trained. |
Exemplar Health Centres
We have committed to training and supporting staff at Wondo-Genet, Alaba and Yirgacheffee health centres in the long term. These will serve as beacons of quality health care in their regions. |
E-learning
E-learning at the health centre level is a first in Ethiopia. We provide training as well as infrastructure. This helps us provide continuing medical education through relevant, interactive content. |
Material Resources
Over the years we have donated oxygen concentrators, essential surgical and obstetric equipment as well as several thousand medical textbooks, teaching materials and computers. |
Polls
WHO News
Maternal Mortality Ethiopia has one of the highest maternal as well as infant mortality rates in the world. |
Life Expectancy at Birth Men on average live for only 50 yrs and women for 53 yrs. In UK men and women live for 77yrs and 81yrs respectively. |
