University of Zambia Exchange Zambia is a society which continues to have a high level of poverty. Therefore, although the Government is working to increase universal access to all healthcare, currently there is a critical shortage of specialist nurses in fields such as Emergency and Trauma, Critical Care and Oncology. In the last decade, specialist nurse education in Zambia has been transformed, with many new programmes at Bachelor and Master of Science level being introduced. However, there is a challenge that to keep these programmes sustainable, there is a need to upskill the nursing faculty in Zambia whilst at the same time maintaining the urgent needs of the workforce. Read more
Remote International Mentorship Partnership Scheme Zambia - UK Birmingham City University has had a successful health partnership with the Ministry of Health in Zambia for nearly a ... Read more
International Perspectives in Emergency, Trauma and Critical Care Nursing Student Journal Emergency, trauma, and critical care nursing are relatively new specialities in sub-Saharan Africa, it is therefore, e... Read more
Nursing Now Challenge Fellowships Zambia The Nursing Now Challenge Fellowship (NNCF) programme was funded by the Burdett Trust for Nursing through the Tropical... Read more
BCU Partnership with Universities in Viet Nam 2 The British Council Higher Education Partner Scheme is designed to facilitate contact and exchanges between UK and Vie... Read more
BCU Partnership with Universities in Viet Nam The British Council Higher Education Partner Scheme is designed to facilitate contact and exchanges between UK and Vie... Read more
Health Education England Nursing Volunteer Bursaries for Zambia This partnership project was funded by Health Education England (HEE) and administered by the Tropical Health and Educa... Read more
Celebrating Success: A Conference to share the Impact of the Centre for International Health Partnership in Zambia and Malawi The Ministry of Health and Birmingham City University partnership was established in 2015. Since then the partnership h... Read more
Health Education England Nursing Volunteer Bursaries for Zambia This project has a focus on Trauma and Emergency Nursing, Critical Care and Neonatal Intensive Care nursing and it bu... Read more
Essential Skills in Emergency Preparedness in the Covid-19 Pandemic As part of the UKRI Newton Covid-19 Rapid Response project a two day training course has been designed for use at diff... Read more
Mentorship and Assessment of Critical Care Students in Zambia Birmingham City University’s collaborative health and research partnership with the Zambian Ministry of Health, Lusaka... Read more
Scale up of Simulation and Skills Laboratories to enhance patient safety and student experience in Zambia This project is part of our established partnership project between stakeholders in Zambia and the UK. The overall aim ... Read more
Advancing Access to Critical Care Education Phase I & II Phase I of this project was funded by the by the Department for International Development (DFID) and Phase II by the J... Read more
Development of a context specific COVID-19 training package for healthcare workers at the Lusaka College of Nursing and Midwifery and The University Teaching Hospitals. At the time of the project (May 2020), Zambia was in the containment stage of the COVID-19 pandemic. Their experience ... Read more
The development of a Zambian context specific short and long term model for managing the COVID-19 pandemic and future infectious disease outbreaks The COVID-19 pandemic will have a short, medium and long-term impact on healthcare delivery and workforce for Zambia. ... Read more
Global Challenges Research Fund This partnership project with the Zambian Ministry of Health and Lusaka College of Nursing, reviewed and evaluated the ... Read more