Wessex Global Stroke Partnerships

Working together to improve stroke care in Accra, Tamale, Ho 🇬🇭, and Banjul 🇬🇲 Health Partnership Scheme funded by @THETlinks. Established in 2009.

[Wessex Global Stroke Partnerships @WGStroke]

🎉 Happy Birthday KBTH Stroke Unit 🎉

This is an incredible achievement!

✔️Multidisciplinary
✔️Specialist
✔️Sustainable
✔️Always improving

…and benefitting a huge number of people with stroke, their families and their communities.

What a team!

@THETlinks

[African Stroke Organization(ASO) @AfricanStroke]

Stroke Unit KorleBu Teaching Hospital ,Accra Ghana, marks it 10th Anniversary !!! Congratulations to Prof. Albert Akpalu and the entire team at KorleBu Stroke Unit for the milestone and being a center of excellence for stroke care in Africa 🎉🎉🎉🇬🇭 @WGStroke @mohgovgh @WHOGhana

[Wessex Global Stroke Partnerships @WGStroke]

The modules focus on core aspects of stroke care, and are designed for LMIC settings.

They are freely available on our website: https://t.co/778tH79m1y

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[Wessex Global Stroke Partnerships @WGStroke]

Conference season continues!

This week - the African Stroke Organisation Conference in Nairobi #ASOC

We are delighted that Zambian physiotherapists Doreen and Frank are there to represent WGSP, and share information about our recently developed e-learning modules.

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[Wessex Global Stroke Partnerships @WGStroke]

💴 And they are FREELY available on our website: https://t.co/F16v2SUNEb

Developed with a grant from @GlobalHealthPartners

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[Wessex Global Stroke Partnerships @WGStroke]

🌏 HAPPY WORLD STROKE DAY 🌏

💻 We are excited to launch our e-learning modules!

🧠 These modules cover a range of core stroke skills - which can be implemented with minimal resource and are likely to benefit the majority of people with stroke.

@WorldStrokeEd

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[Wessex Global Stroke Partnerships @WGStroke]

📋 Getting the basics right, makes a different to clinical outcomes.

🌏 These modules have been designed with and for low and middle income settings. Huge thanks to our incredible colleagues in Ghana 🇬🇭 and Zambia 🇿🇲 for their instrumental input into this project.

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[Wessex Global Stroke Partnerships @WGStroke]

We are excited to have a slot on the UK Stroke Forum Programme this year -Developing Sustainable Multidisciplinary Stroke Care in Low and Middle-Income Settings.

We are mapping current partnerships - see here if you are part of an active UK-LMIC project https://t.co/J95K9u2ZWS

[Wessex Global Stroke Partnerships @WGStroke]

Thank you to Lord Crisp for hosting us at HoL today. We, & our Commonwealth Fellows we are hosting had a very informative & interesting visit.

[Wessex Global Stroke Partnerships @WGStroke]

Thanks to @UWEBristol for hosting a visit demonstrating fantastic simulation facilities to our Commonwealth Fellows @WGStroke

[Wessex Global Stroke Partnerships @WGStroke]

🚨 New Blog 🚨

We are delighted to be hosting two Commonwealth Scholarship Fellows with @WGStroke -they are spending 6 weeks learning about stroke care services in the UK. In our recent blog, Dr Val Akwulpwa reflects on his time at @HHFTnhs 🌎 🇬🇧 🇬🇭 🇬🇲

https://t.co/qlD2umoBC7

[Wessex Global Stroke Partnerships @WGStroke]

This week saw the opening of a dedicated Stroke Unit at Ho Teaching Hospital in Ghana 🇬🇭

This is a fantastic milestone - we are so incredibly proud of the team!

Read more about it here: https://t.co/rg4WB4EAW6

@THETlinks

[Wessex Global Stroke Partnerships @WGStroke]

👀 New blog post from colleagues at Ho Teaching Hospital, Ghana 🇬🇭

@THETlinks

https://t.co/0jBW5lAIvj

[Claire Fulbrook-Scanlon @ClaireFulbrook]

My week in Ghana ended with a visit to the stroke unit in KBTH, Accra 🇬🇭. Amazing MDT working to deliver excellence in stroke care for over 10 years in partnership with ⁦@WGStroke⁩ ⁦@ClareGordon1⁩ ⁦@UWE_NMP⁩

[Claire Fulbrook-Scanlon @ClaireFulbrook]

Great week with team at Tamale Stroke Unit 🇬🇭. This is the fab senior nurse team ⁦@ClareGordon1⁩ ⁦@WGStroke⁩ ⁦@UWE_NMP⁩

[Wessex Global Stroke Partnerships @WGStroke]

🇬🇧 🇬🇭 UK and Ghana colleagues reunited and on their way to Tamale!

During this visit, we will be

📈 reviewing progress with core skill dissemination
🧠 supporting clinical application
📱 piloting new e-learning modules

Looking forward to a busy week ahead ✈️

@THETlinks

[Global Consortium for Stroke Rehabilitation @GCSR_LMIC]

We are thrilled to announce the publication of our landmark research paper. Our study underscores the necessity for context-specific, culturally relevant CPGs for stroke rehabilitation in LMICs.
@DorcasGandhi @johnsolomon78 @GUrimubenshi @suresh_lshtm

https://t.co/diFi5TukbI

[Global Consortium for Stroke Rehabilitation @GCSR_LMIC]

#GCSR is coming up with another webinar. If you’re someone who’s interested in stroke rehab or research and wish to expand your learning in this area, this webinar is for you. Scan the QR code and register today! Limited seats only! Or clink on the link:
https://t.co/1lm8bZpIHt

[Global Health Partnerships (formerly THET) @THETlinks]

In the latest @FT article, our CEO @bensimms65 says: ‘It’s time to make proportionate recompense to countries sending health workers to high-income nations.’

Read more 👇 https://t.co/rf4uXr6kJj

[Hampshire Hospitals @HHFTnhs]

Stroke physiotherapist Amelia Shaw has just returned from Ghana to support stroke care development as part of @WGStroke🌍

During the visit, Amelia and colleagues established co-ordinated stroke care in underserved hospitals in Tamale and Ho.

More ➡️ https://t.co/PZIRsYn42C

[Wessex Global Stroke Partnerships @WGStroke]

We were proud to contribute to the UK-Africa Health Summit with @THETlinks earlier this year.

You can read more about the summit in this learning paper.

And we love this quote, which was shared in the opening plenary….

https://t.co/0ydZGM9cIg

[Wessex Global Stroke Partnerships @WGStroke]

Thank you to @UHD_NHS for sharing this piece about our current project with colleagues in Ghana.

Global health projects bring a wealth of benefits to all partners - including those working in the NHS.

https://t.co/xc2Gj3nVrp