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UK Teams abroad

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Below you will find a number of visit reports from UK urologists who have travelled to the developing world with Urolink's help. Visits carried out independently of Urolink are not recorded.

The views expressed are those of the individual contributors and are not necessarily reflective of the Urolink committee's opinion.

Individual visit reports

KCMC entrance

9th Lester Eshleman Urology Workshop, KCMC, Tanzania, 20 - 25 November 2011
Suzie Venn and Phil Thomas report on the biennial week long workshop. This year the workshop focused on spinal injuries and the visiting faculty included a team from Stoke Mandeville.

Lusaka University Teaching Hospital

Workshop, in association with ASGBI, Lusaka, Zambia, 19-21 October 2011
Shekhar Biyani and Jaimin Bhatt join a team from ASGBI delivering a new five day course for surgical residents on the management of surgical emergencies.

KCMC operating theatre

KCMC Hospital, Tanzania, August - September 2011
Oliver Kayes, a year 6 SpR, reports on his 6-week visit. Olly has provided a report, "A Urologist Abroad - Messages from Moshi", a supplementary report which contains lots of useful advice and tips for other trainees planning trips, a photographic record and a detailed diary account.

The Gambia

The Gambia, April 2011
Hussain Alnajjar reports on his 1-week visit to the Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital, Banjul, Gambia with James N'Dow and George Fowlis.

Hawassa Hospital

Hawassa, Ethiopia, March 2011
Shekhar Biyani, Jaimin Bhatt, Joby Taylor and Sister Denise Ellis visit The College of Medicine and Health Sciences School of Medicine to assist the local surgeons in developing skills in basic endourological procedures and to run a two-day workshop on Basic Endourology Skills.

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Benin Teaching Hospital

Nigeria and Cameroon, February 2011
Sam Osaghae, from Pilgrim Hospital, Boston UK, visited The University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Edo State, Nigeria, The University College Hospital, Oyo State, Nigeria and Our Lady of Love Catholic Hospital, Cameroon.

Ethiopia 2010 Hawassa, Ethiopia, March 2010
Shekhar Biyani, from Pinderfields Hospital Wakefield, describes his visit to a 200-bed hospital Ethiopia which serves a population of 17 million people
Shamim Khan

Islamabad, November 2009
Shamim Khan & Daniela Andrich describe the 3-day urethroplasty workshop they attended and the surgery they carried out in Pakistan between 1 and 7 November 2009

Zambia and Kenya Zambia and Kenya, November 2008
Jaimin Bhatt joined Christine on her last working trip to Zambia in November 2008. This is a transcript of Jaimin's presentation to Urolink at BAUS in June 2009 in Glasgow.

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Christine Evans in Africa

Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique, November 2008
Christine makes another of epic journey across Africa, before hanging up her scalpel for the last time. This is a completely unedited report so you can experience Christine in the raw!

Christine Evans in Kurdistan Kurdistan, May 2007
Christine in Kurdistan May 2007. If you ever wondered why she was awarded the St. Peter's medal in 2007, read this!
e and George Fowlis West African College of Surgeons, Dakar, 14-19 January 2007
Sam Osaghae and George Fowlis go to Dakar, Senegal, from 14th-19th January 2007 for the WACS meeting on radical prostatectomy.
Hirsch Godbole Vitthal Sayanna District General Hospital, India, October 2006
Hirsch Godbole describes the links he has made to Vitthal Sayanna District General Hospital, Thane, India, October 2006.
Christine Evans, Hugh Whitfield and Gordon Williams Ethiopia, Zimbabwe and Zambia, November 2006
Christine visits Ethiopia, Zimbabwe and Zambia in a five week marathon with Hugh Whitfield and Gordon Williams, November 2006.

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Ru MacDonagh Kizimkazi Development Society, Zanzibar, September 2006
Ru and Simon MacDonagh visit Mohammed Jiddawi to see the evolution of the Kizimkazi Development Society (KISIDESO), in Zanzibar, September 2006.
Neil Harris KCMC, Tanzania, July 2006
AstraZeneca Urology/Urolink 2006 award winner Neil Harris goes to KCMC in July 2006.
Katherine Kennedy

KCMC, Tanzania, June 2006
Katherine Kennedy, SURG 2006 Travel award winner, visits KCMC and helps initiate a database of surgical activity in May and June 2006.

Royal Victoria Hospital, The Gambia, March 2006
Jhumur Pati, from the Homerton University Hospital and SURG prize for young consultant awardee in 2005, re-visited the Gambia with a team in March 2006.

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Deen Sharma

1st Caribbean Urological Association PCNL Course, April 2006
Deen Sharma was joined by Mike Kellett for the 1st CURA PCNL course in April 2006. This course was supported with a £1,000 grant from Urolink and with equipment provided by Karl Storz.

Nilay Patel

KCMC, Tanzania, February 2006
SURG trainee award winner, Nilay Patel, and SURG young Consultant award winner Neil Haldar travel to KCMC with a group from Oxford in February 2006.

Steve Garnett

Aberdeen Clinic and Fistula Centre, Sierra Leone, November 2005
Steve Garnett, 2005 Karl Storz/Urolink travel award winner, reports from the Aberdeen Clinic and Fistula Centre in Sierra Leone.

Christine Evans

Zambia, Zimbabwe and Dar es Salaam, November - December 2005
Christine Evans in Zambia, Zimbabwe and Dar es Salaam November - December 2005

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Christine Evans

Kurdistan, October 2005
Christine Evans travels to Kurdistan, October 2005.

John McGrath

Selian Luterna Hospital, June 2005
John McGrath travels to the Selian Lutheran hospital, in June 2005, to try and cement his links there.

Christian Medical College, Vellore, India, October 2004
Trevor Dorkin spends three months in CMC Vellore in October 2004.
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Mnazi Moja Hospital, Zanzibar, October 2004
Mac MacIvor from KeyMed travels to Zanzibar to give technical advice about the maintenance of equipment.

Ru MacDonagh

Mnazi Moja Hospital, Zanzibar, June 2004
Ru MacDonagh visits Mohammed Jiddawi in Zanzibar, January 2004

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Phil Thomas

5th Lester Eshelman Workshop, KCMC, Tanzania, November 2003
Phil Thomas and Patrick Duffy visit KCMC for the 5th Lester Eshelman workshop, November 2003.

visit to KCMC

KCMC, Tanzania, November 2003
Danny Painter visits KCMC, November 2003.

University Hospital Lusaka, Zambia, September 2003
Ahsanul Haq visits Mohammed Labib, in Lusaka, with a Karl Storz Urolink travel award September 2003.

Christine Evans

Malawi, Zimbabwe and Zambia, September 2003
Christine Evans travels around Malawi, Zimbabwe and Zambia, September 2003.

KCMC, Tanzania, April 2003
Neil Haldar visits KCMC in Moshi April 2003

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Neville Harrison

Uganda, April 2003
Neville Harrison tours round Uganda to determine the state of Ugandan urology for COSECSA April 2003.

Mnazi Moja Hospital, Zanzibar, June 2002
Mark Woodward and Guy Nichols go to Zanzibar to help with their paediatric problems, June 2002.

Christine Evans

Kurdistan, April 2002
Christine Evans spends time in Kurdistan April 2002.

The Gambia, April 2002
Mike Bishop, Sean Vesey, Jhumar Pati and George Fowlis go to The Gambia April 2002

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Lusaka, November 2001
Christine Evans, Patrick Duffy, Ken Queen, Derek Rosario and Nigel Sammon visit Lusaka, November 2001.

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India, November 2001
Prokar DasGupta travels to The All India Institute of Medical Sciences to carry out laparoscopy, New Delhi, India. November 2001.

Mnazi Moja Hospital, Zanzibar and KCMC, Tanzania, October 2001

John Rees visits Mohammed Jiddawi in Mnazi Moja hospital in Zanzibar, and KCMC with Phil Thomas and David Dickerson, October 2001.

Christian Medical College, Vellore, India, September 2001
Andrew Cliff travels to CMC, Velore, India September 2001.

KCMC, Tanzania, November 1999
Patrick Cutinha, Tamsin Greenwell and Sandy Gujral visit KCMC for the Lester Eschelman Course, November 1999

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