Last month, we were delighted to hold our annual Train the Trainers course, giving 29 doctors from around the world the skills they need to become David Nott Foundation Trainers within their home countries and better serve their communities. Our goal is to create a model of sustainability in conflicted countries by helping doctors strengthen […]
Dr Elma Wong is a consultant anaesthetist in Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. For the past ten years, Elma has taken several months of unpaid leave to volunteer in conflict zones each year. Elma and a small team of faculty recently returned from training 71 doctors in the Ukrainian cities of Poltava and Zhytomyr. Here, […]
An evening of conversation with David Nott: Join us and Action for Humanity for a special evening of conversation with our Co-Founder, David Nott, at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston, from 6pm-9pm on Friday 21st October. Interviewed by Dr Ayman Jundi, David will be sharing his personal experience of training doctors and saving lives in […]
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Overcoming hurdles to train doctors in Palestine: In collaboration with Juzoor for Health and Social Development and the Palestine Medical Council, we trained 34 surgeons in Ramallah, Palestine, in July. Despite logistical challenges, our faculty delivered a course that met the urgent needs of Palestinian doctors. At the David Nott Foundation, we have a strong […]
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This month marks seven years since our Foundation was formed to train doctors to save lives in conflict. In celebration, we are delighted to share our annual report for 2021/22. Our Impact Report 2022 also highlights where we’ve been in the world, the stories of the doctors we’ve trained, and our recent work in response […]
An experienced team of trainers have just returned from delivering two HEST courses in Dnipro and Kharkiv. Here, consultant neurosurgeon and faculty member Pete Mathew shares his experience of teaching frontline doctors in Ukraine and what makes a course successful. After David volunteered in Ukraine in April, it became clear there was an urgent need to […]
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A legacy in Ethiopia: We were delighted to meet and train Dr Esayas Mustefa from Ethiopia. The only general surgeon in a 130km radius, Dr Mustefa shares how important our course is to him and who his new skills will help. Dr Esayas Mustefa’s story from David Nott Foundation on Vimeo. […]
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Mosul to Manchester: The David Nott Foundation‘s war surgery training in practice: Dr Moez Zeiton is one of our surgical trainers. As a humanitarian surgeon, Moez has witnessed the realities of war, but never expected to see similar horrors on British ground. Here, Moez shares his journey to joining our teaching faculty and how he’s […]
WHO and UNICEF push for Assistive Technology: Almost one billion children and adults with disabilities and older persons in need of assistive technology denied access, according to new report WHO and UNICEF call on governments, industry, donors and civil society to fund and prioritize access to assistive products. WHO and UNICEF call on governments, industry, […]
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