In July 2025, nurses from the Education Team, Lucia Vambe and Dr Kuda Dimbi travelled to Zimbabwe to deliver training, mentor clinicians, and support sustainable supervision in three hospitals. This work is part of an innovative programme that uses the World Health Organisation’s Mental Health Gap (mhGAP) tools to embed mental health sustainably into primary care, oncology, and other health services, helping to expand access to essential care through a new long-term partnership.
This work is led by ELFT Global Health Director, Dr Nick Bass, and Ingutsheni Hospital CEO, Dr Mawere, bringing together NHS expertise and Zimbabwean leadership.
A special thanks to Global Health Partnerships (GHP) for their invaluable support in making this collaboration possible, and to the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) for grant funding for the project.
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This is a true two-way exchange with shared learning that benefits ELFT, the wider NHS, and global mental health systems.
Lucia, Lead for Education and Development, and founder of the Zimbabwe Life Project, said: "ELFT is proud to be one of the Global Health leaders in the NHS, championing partnerships that deliver real-world impact and lasting change to various nations of our Diaspora healthcare workers - strengthening health systems both at home and abroad."