Zimbabwe Health Training Support

What we do

ZHTS responds to specific statements of need by Zimbabwean organisations with whom we have strong links, such as the Universities of Zimbabwe, the Zimbabwe Association of Church Hospitals and Ingutsheni hospital. We have supported the training in Zimbabwe of

Midwives

in emergency obstetrics to improve the health outcomes for women and babies.

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Mental Health Workers

to improve the care provided to people with mental health problems.

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Paediatricians & nurses

to improve the care provided to children.

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Our current projects

ZHTS is currently working in these three important areas. If you can support our work, your money will be used to help us continue and expand these projects.

Testimony from Mental Health Workshops at Ngomahuru Hospital

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Training mental health workers

Since 2014 ZHTS has been supporting the mental health training of nurses working in the major psychiatric hospitals in Zimbabwe. Mental health in Zimbabwe continues to be marginalised, poorly…

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Supporting family medicine

Family doctors are critical to Zimbabwe's health system but, until now, there has been no specific training programme for doctors who want to develop a career in family medicine.…

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The Friendship Bench project

The Friendship Bench is a groundbreaking community health project, supported by ZHTS, that is changing lives in Zimbabwe – and beyond.

Testimonials

Dr Melanie Abasdeputy director at the Centre for Global Mental Health, King’s Health Partners and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

"ZHTS has been a long-term supporter of the Friendship Bench, playing a vital role in essential training for the lay health workers."
A mental health nurseIngutsheni Hospital, Zimbabwe, March 2016

"Everything in the course was beneficial to my clinical work, particularly risk assessment and safeguarding issues for patients and people in the community”
A student nurseChitungwiza hospital, Zimbabwe, March 2016

"I learnt that children should be advocated for because they can be at risk of exploitation and neglect.”

Support our work

Dr Bridgette Kagonye, on the paediatric ward

ZHTS raises funds to help health workers, such as these midwives, change lives.

Our overhead costs are minimal and no one is paid within the organisation – every penny raised goes towards supporting health professional training in Zimbabwe. You can support ZHTS’s valuable work:

Make a donation.

You can do this quickly and securely via our Virgin Money Giving page.

Become a regular supporter.

Pledge a regular donation via our Virgin Money Giving page. Download our membership form to become a member, or contact us for more details.

Offer your skills.

If you are a health professional and keen to offer your skills to support training in Zimbabwe then please complete this survey.

News

Fundraising to support mental health in Zimbabwe during Covid-19 Crisis

Tirivanhu Community Mental Health Home, Tariro Mental Health Home and Beatrice Road Mental Health Home People living with mental illness in Zimbabwe are particularly affected by economic challenges, trauma,…

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Training to support local midwives in Binga

Paediatrician Dr Tsitsi Chawatama, with the support of Dorcas Gwata and some local staff, ran a training update with 14 local nurses and midwives on caring for unwell newborns.…

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Mental health training in Mbare

Our patron Gemma Griffiths, ZHTS Trustee Dorcas Gwata and Moffat Tadadiwa ran a mental health workshop for local artists in Mbare in November 2019.

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Mental health training in Binga

Here is what local staff working in Binga wanted to learn more about. The training was delivered by ZHTS Trustee and mental health nurse specialist Dorcas Gwata with the…

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Meet the trustees

Chris Dzikiti

Chris is the Chair for ZHTS. He was born in Zimbabwe and spent the first 20 years of his life there before migrating to the UK in 1999. He is a published author with an interest in mental health well-being. He has 20 years experience of working in different psychiatric services. Currently he is a Deputy Director of Programmes for NHS England & Improvement. In the last 10 years Chris has had the opportunity to lead on transformational service redesigns across mental health services, including writing standards and supporting the development of mental health services in other countries

Charles Todd

Charles moved to Zimbabwe in 1982, after completing his training as a GP. Over a 20 year period he worked as a government medical officer then lecturer/professor in the country’s principal medical school, including a spell as chair of the Department of Community Medicine. From 2000-2005 he was employed by the UK Department for International Development, for most of that time working on health programmes within the European Union. He has now returned to general practice, working at a practice near Aylesbury. He maintains close links with Zimbabwe.

Dalia Majongwe

Dalia works as a research practitioner at the Government Office for Science and is a monitoring and evaluation adviser at Health Improvement Project Zanzibar. Her passion for health grew when she worked for doctors without borders researching maternal health in Zimbabwe.

Kate Adams

Kate is a GP with NHS management experience and a journalist and lives and works in London. Her medico-political interests include health and human rights, patient safety, skills drain and supporting overseas doctors and diaspora.

John Cookson

John is emeritus professor of medical education at the Hull York Medical School. Until 2010 he was professor of medical education and undergraduate dean. For most of his career he was consultant physician in Leicester. He took an increasing interest in medical education and re-organised the clinical undergraduate course at Leicester Medical School following the publication of the first Tomorrow’s Doctors. He moved to Hull York as the foundation professor of medical education in 2002 responsible to the dean for the delivery of an innovation medical curriculum.

Dorcas Gwata

Dorcas was born in Zimbabwe. She is a Global Health Consultant working in London. She is a visiting lecturer at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Her research explores intersectional issues of youth violence, mental health and inequalities. Dorcas is an advisor at THET and is hugely committed to giving back to Zimbabwe through training health care workers and collaborating with the arts industry to support mental health programs in Zimbabwe. Dorcas is the co-founder of the Global Health Café, an innovative African-led platform for health enthusiasts in London.

Brighton Chireka

Brighton Chireka was born in Zimbabwe and trained as a doctor at the University of Zimbabwe Medical School, qualifying in 1997. He moved to the UK in 2000 and is now a GP partner at Manor Clinic in Folkestone. He is also a clinical lead in child health and maternity services for South Kent Coast Clinical Commissioning Group. Brighton was voted the winner for the Zimbabwe Achievers Awards 2015 UK Community Champion for his involvement in charity work. His academic interests include medical leadership, medical ethics, medical education, child health and maternity services.