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Samarbeidsavtale for palestinske sykehus signert

Wednesday, 03 February 2010 19:37 administrator

Oslo universitetssykehus har inngått en samarbeidsavtale med hjelpeorganisasjonen NORWAC. Avtalen skal bidra til å øke kompetansen ved palestinske sykehus i Øst-Jerusalem og Gaza.Viseadministrerende direktør ved Oslo universitetssykehus Tove Strand og John Eivind Jensen i NORWAC undertegnet avtalen i slutten av januar. Avtalen gjelder Shifa sykehuset i Gaza og Makassed sykehuset i Øst-Jerusalem. I perioder skal helsepersonell fra Oslo universitetssykehus reise ned til de palestinske sykehusene for å overføre kunnskap og erfaring. Behovet for å bedre kompetansen er stort.

Norwac collaboration in Lebanon for 25 years

Tuesday, 26 January 2010 21:45 Synne Holan

nurses NORWAC has been working with Imam Sadr Foundation, Tyr, Lebanon (ISF) for 25 years. The foundation started its work in South Lebanon in the 1960s with the objective of offering education and health services to poor families. Amongst other things, they are running a well renowned nursing college and several health clinics in the south. Rabab Sadr is the director of the foundation.

In 2007, NORWAC and ISF started a new cooperation in order to develop a programme for post graduate education in psycho-social health work. This represents groundbreaking work in Lebanon. 15 students were admitted, most of them nurses working in different organisations involved in this field. The programme has been managed by teachers from Imam Sadr Foundation and the specialist teachers have been Lebanese as well as two Norwegians; Psychiatrist Svein Staff and the nurse Venke Aarethun, specialised within psychological health.

Image: Rabab Sadr and the newly educated special nurses at ISF, Tyr

Norwegian doctors and nurses to Palestinian hospitals

Tuesday, 01 December 2009 21:51 Marianne Moss, OUS

English translation: Erik Abild, NORWAC, Photos: John Eivind Jensen, NORWAC

In cooperation with NORWAC, Oslo University Hospital will contribute to increase the medical capacity in Palestinian hospitals in East Jerusalem and Gaza. In November, a delegation from Oslo University Hospital travelled to the area in order to learn about the needs and possibilities for cooperation.

At the Shifa Hospital in Gaza and at Makasset Hospital in East Jerusalem, there is a great need to increase the medical competency. During the last year, doctors and nurses from Oslo University Hospital have trained colleagues at Makassed Hospital in using laparoscopic surgery in gynaecological procedures. NORWAC (Norwegian Aid Committee) have supplied the advanced equipment, enabling a Palestinian Hospital to do such surgical procedures for the

In Gaza, the delegation visited hospitals damaged during the war. Tove Strand together with gynaecologist Bassam Aktar.

Norwac in meetings with Palestinian top leaders

Tuesday, 05 January 2010 13:12 Karl Øyri

On December 24th 2009 Norwac Director General professor Erik Fosse met with the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem. The topic for the 30 minutes long meeting on the West Bank was health politics in Palestine.

Professor Fosse also had a meeting with the Deputy Speaker of the local Parliament in Gaza Ahmed Bahar discussing health and humanitarian issues in Gaza. The meetings took place during Erik Fosse's visit to Palestine at the end of December 2009. (Click images for larger view

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Oslo Universitetssykehus sender leger og sykepleiere

Oslo Universitetssykehus (OUS) har etablert et samarbeid med Norwac for å bidra til å øke den medisinske kompetansen på sykehus i Øst-Jerusalem og Gaza. I november reiste en delegasjon med ledere fra OUS til området for å kartlegge forholdene og tilrettelegge for hjelpetiltak sammen med NORWAC. Det er meningen å sende både leger og sykepleiere til Palestina for å bedre den lokale kompetansen på sykeus. Hjelpearbeidet støttes av Utenriksdepartementet. Bildet viser Tove Strand sammen med gynekolog Bassam Aktar som har fått opplæring i kikkhullskirurgi. Les mer om dette på OUS hjemmeside>>>