Over the last 20 years a strong health link has been established between Bradford Hospitals NHS Trust, the Nuffield Centre for International Health and the regional Lubombo Hospital in Eswatini. The hospital serves a population of about 250,000 people, predominantly rural and subsistence farmers. The Lubombo region has one of the highest rates of AIDS and TB in the World. This has placed a massive burden on extremely limited health services. The Yorkshire-Swaziland link has provided support and expertise in developing community health programmes for the management of people with NCDs, TB and HIV/AIDS. This has enabled the hospital to cope with the epidemics of these major killers and provided effective and patient-centred health care for patients.

This programme offers a trainee a unique opportunity to contribute to the health and wellbeing of a defined population, assess need, and work collaboratively with local communities and local, regional and national stakeholders. The placement facilitates development of personal skills, initiative and leadership skills.

For further details please see the briefing note and review previous PH trainee reports from the attachment