Elaine Green

Intl Development, health & disability expert. No longer active on X. Have migrated instead to @Bluesky. Look for me there.

[Global Health Partnerships (formerly THET) @THETlinks]

Powerful conversations, bold commitments & real solutions. That’s a wrap on #UKAfricaHealthSummit2025!

Huge thanks to everyone who attended and gave their insights, expertise and brilliance to this years' Summit! Let’s keep building stronger health systems together. 🌍💙

[Global Health Partnerships (formerly THET) @THETlinks]

🚀 We asked guests at the #UKAfricaHealthSummit to describe it in 3️⃣ words— and their answers say it all!

🌍 Innovation. Collaboration. Impact.
💡 The energy was electric!
🎥 Watch the clip & tell us: What 3 words would YOU use? 👇🏽

[Global Health Partnerships (formerly THET) @THETlinks]

We asked Global Health Specialist @zambezi40 what have you learned at the #UKAfricaHealthSummit that's surprised you?

[Action for Global Health @AFGHnetwork]

🗣️ “In Africa, health workers have lost jobs. People are losing their lives because of these decisions. Domestic financing stagntant since COVID.

Partnerships are going to be crucial in rethinking where we put our investments in health.”

[Global Health Partnerships (formerly THET) @THETlinks]

🚀Day 2 breakouts are underway...

In 'Health Systems Strengthening Approaches to AMR', @DHSCgovuk's
Penny Walker Robertson highlights how "truly mutually beneficial" Global Partnerships enable NHS staff to learn from other health contexts & innovate for better AMR solutions🤝

[Ben Simms @bensimms65]

The fantastic @EmIreland1 is now talking through our ‘Advancing #UniversalHealthCoverage through #HealthPartnerships’ report at #UKAfricaHealthSummit. This is our definitive statement on value of this approach for @UKgovGHS @FCDOGovUK @NHSuk objectives https://t.co/MxLFI1mMrj

[Ben Simms @bensimms65]

Nigeria is the major source of #NHS staff in Africa. “It is vital that such migration is structured & ethical”, argues Minister @SalakoIziaq at #UKAfricaHealthSummit. “We must enforce bilateral agreements & support the investment in training in sending countries.” 👏👏

[Ben Simms @bensimms65]

Thrilled to be celebrating @THETlinks’ partnership with @NovartisGH at #UKAfricaHealthSummit with this keynote contribution from Dr Lutz Hegemann anticipating the #HLMNCDs. Some of our best work has been achieved in this partnership.

[Global Health Partnerships (formerly THET) @THETlinks]

Back for Day 2 of #UKAfricaHealthSummit 2025! Today, we focus on global workforce, investment & sustaining impact in #globalhealth partnerships.

Stay tuned! 💡🌍

[Elaine Green @EmIreland1]

A great celebration of amazing contributions to global health

[Ben Simms @bensimms65]

Last night @THETlinks celebrated six exceptional health professionals, recruited internationally now working in #NHS & independent sector. People we call the #ExpertsInOurMidst. Thank u @TulipMazumdar for helping to make this so special. #UKAfricaHealthSummit #HealthPartnerships

[Global Health Partnerships (formerly THET) @THETlinks]

And that's a wrap on day 1 of the #UKAfricaHealthSummit!

🗣️In the words of Dr Ouma Oluga, Director of Intergovernmental Relations 🇰🇪 MoH: "World Health is a shared responsibility". That's why GHP promotes partnerships & collaboration for health for all.

Bring on Day 2...

[Global Health Partnerships (formerly THET) @THETlinks]

‘Diaspora communities are a bridge between two worlds’ – Powerful insights from the 'Bridging Nations Transforming Health' breakout session on the role of diaspora in health systems. #UKAfricaHealthSummit2025 🏥🌍

[Global Health Partnerships (formerly THET) @THETlinks]

❗ In a nutshell, our CEO @bensimms65, sums up the first day of the #UKAfricaHealthSummit

[Ben Simms @bensimms65]

Grateful to @TulipMazumdar for helping us navigate the complex challenges of health workforce migration here at #UKAfricaHealthSummit - a central theme for our discussions & the policy work led by @mcaffrey62 #ExpertsInOurMidst

[Ben Simms @bensimms65]

“We value the intentional investment in #HealthPartnerships by the UK Government over many years” @JimC_HRH, bringing to a close the first day of the #UKAfricaHealthSummit as he discusses the devastating stalling of progress on #SDGs

[Global Health Partnerships (formerly THET) @THETlinks]

Heading into the afternoon sessions at the #UKAfricaHealthSummit 2025!

The day so far:
♦️Encouraging NHS engagement in Global Health?
♦️Leveraging the power of the Diaspora health workforce to bridge gaps between health systems 🌍🤝
♦️Reducing global health inequalities ✨

[Global Health Partnerships (formerly THET) @THETlinks]

"Diaspora contributions to healthcare are immense & growing" – Hon. Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda, Malawi's Minister of Health, calls for stronger UK-Africa collaboration at the afternoon plenary of the #UKAfricaHealthSummit2025 💪🌍🤝

[Ben Simms @bensimms65]

Packed breakout session at #UKAfricaHealthSummit, filled with positive examples including this, from @ScotGovID: https://t.co/CHBXz3ARGE “Scotland is a good global citizen. We are standing by our values” @joannak_j.

[Action for Global Health @AFGHnetwork]

💬 “Collaborative relationships ensure sustainability. Partnerships that last beyond funding.”

Margaret Caffrey speaks to the inherent longevity within @THETlinks’ approach.

#UKAfricaHealthSummit

[Action for Global Health @AFGHnetwork]

Bridging nations, transforming health 🤝

@zambezi40 opens the session with:

“We say in Africa, It takes a village to raise a child. Well, it takes village to build health partnerships.”