Trustee & Joint Lead for Global EM fellowships

Andy established and leads the Global EM Fellowship programs, and is a consultant in Emergency Medicine and Prehospital EM at the Bristol Royal Infirmary where he established and leads for global partnerships, while he is the Medical Director of Great Western Air Ambulance Charity.

He sits on the Royal College of Emergency Medicine Global Health committee. He has previously worked clinically and on educational projects in South Africa, Ghana, Zanzibar and Malawi, also deploying, as a long standing member of UK Med’s Emergency Medical Team, to Bangladesh in 2017/18.

He has a passion for gaining broader interest and engagement in UK Emergency medicine for a global view of emergency care, and supporting clinicians to maintain global perspective and activity in their careers.

Trustee & Joint Lead for Global EM fellowships

Chris leads the Global EM fellowship program for both medical and non-medical clinicians. He first became interested in Global Health as a medical student when undertaking his elective in Soweto, Johannesburg. After foundation training he returned to South Africa to work in a rural hospital in KwaZuluNatal before starting his emergency medicine training. He stepped out of training to complete an MSc in Tropical Medicine and International Health after which he began work for Medecins Sans Frontieres and the International Committee of the Red Cross. During several years with these organisations he worked in South Sudan, Gaza, Egypt, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Yemen and the Democratic Republic of Congo before returning to the UK full-time as and EM/PHEM clinician.

Trustee & Lead for Community partnerships

Lucy previously co-founded Future Health Africa in 2010 and works as a primary care and Emergency medicine clinician. She became involved in medical work in Kenya prior to starting her medical degree at Bristol university. Lucy met the community nurse, Agnes, at Lewa wildlife conservancy and helped her to develop the clinic there. During medical school she organised groups to raise money for a laboratory and public health based projects.

After completing foundation training as a doctor Lucy spent six months working in the clinic and completing her diploma in tropical medicine and hygiene.

In 2009, Lucy developed the first Kenya Orthopaedic Project (KOP). This grew from strength to strength with other projects evolving organically through this. Lucy then developed Team Talk in 2011, a community based project aimed at improving the livelihoods of women and girls in Kenya. Lucy now focuses more on her community projects, working with Lewa Wildlife conservancy and Northern Rangelands Trust developing health care facilities in the Northern Territories. She also runs Endeavour medical, providing high quality medical education related to Leadership, Expedition medicine and Global Health.

Project Manager

Camille joined Dharura: Global Emergency Care as a volunteer at the start of the CwPAMS 2 project, then became Project Manager in February 2024 for the Global Health Workforce Programme.

She started her career in France, as an employment law advisor within the charity sector, before getting a degree in International NGOs project management. She then joined Doctors Without Borders (MSF) as a Project administrative manager and training implementation officer. During this time, Camille developed her understanding of the complexity of accessing Health Care and the challenges in providing high-quality care in LMICs or conflict zones.

Lead for Simulation & Education; Lead for Information Governance

Claire had an active interest in Global Health and humanitarianism since medical school. After foundation training she completed a tropical medicine diploma in Belgium and after a few more years clinical experience working in New Zealand and the UK, started working with Medicine Sans Frontières. After her first two projects in Uganda and South Sudan, she returned to the UK to complete ACCS EM training in London. She returned to MSF, working in Ethiopia, Yemen and Sierra Leone while working in emergency medicine between projects. She spent two years working in Barcelona in an MSF headquarters position within the MSF Field Simulation Team. This work involved field support in Nigeria and supporting teams remotely in a number of projects including Cameroon and Syria to help implement simulation as a training and quality improvement tool within the organisation. She is back in the UK as a senior clinical fellow in emergency medicine and global health.

Nursing Lead and Social Media Manager

Sara grew up in Italy, where she qualified as Nurse. She spent part of her nursing training in Barcelona, then she worked in a Peruvian ICU for a few months before returning again to Italy to complete a PgDip in Emergency care. She moved to the UK in 2018 and now splits her time between working in Bristol as an ED charge nurse and in her role as a practice educator facilitator, supporting ED nursing staff in their progression through teaching and mentorship. She has a passion for Global Health, and as well as being the first ever Dharura global nursing fellow to pilot the scheme, she has had continued involvement in nursing training in Kenya.

She manages the social media pages of the charity, supports Dharura nursing fellows and works to develop sustainable clinically focussed roles for nurses in Global Health.

Lead for Rural Education Programme

Tom leads on the monthly rural education programme, coordinating the provision of emergency medicine training days for local clinical staff at three rural clinics associated with Nanyuki Teaching and Referral Hospital.

His first involvement in Global Health came after his GP specialty training, when he worked for two years in a rural hospital in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. On returning to the UK, he recommenced work as a GP as well as taking up an Associate Specialist role in the Bristol Royal Infirmary emergency department and community emergency medicine service. He became involved in Dharura in 2020, resulting in educational trips to both Kenya and The Gambia, and remains passionate about developing emergency care globally, with a particular focus on rural primary health care.

Imara (meaning ‘strong’ in Swahili) is a junior doctor with a passion for global health and emergency medicine. At medical school, she completed a MSc in Nutrition for Global Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, with a focus on child and maternal undernutrition. Post foundation training, she was a Global Emergency Medicine fellow at the Bristol Royal Infirmary, spending two months in Nanyuki, Kenya. She has since been back to North-Eastern Kenya to scope health needs in remote communities alongside the Northern Rangelands Trust, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, Dharura and the Government of Kenya, and is now organising volunteer opportunities in these areas.

Ag. Chief Officer, Health County Govt

Dr Panga is the Ag. Chief Officer of the Laikipia Health Services. He is the previous administrative lead of the Nanyuki Teaching and Referral Hospital (NTRH), and so has been a key part of the development of the partnership from the beginning. He is a Pharmacist by training and now holds higher government office based responsibility.

Administrative lead of NTRH

Dr Kilonzo is a Paediatrician by training and the current Administrative lead of the Nanyuki Teaching and Referral Hospital. Through his position, he is involved in the strategic development of the partnership and activities, in accordance with the hospital and government priorities.

Head of clinical services

Esbon is a clinical Pharmacist by training, and the current Head of clinical services at NTRH. His position makes him one of the main contacts in Nanyuki, but he is also heavily involved in our work as one of the co-lead on the project “bridging the gap in AMR”.

Nursing Services Manager

Lucy first started working in Nanyuki in 1994. After a few years of working in other health facilities, she came back to NTRH in 2015 and became the Nursing Services Manager in 2019.

Team Lead for Clinical Officers/Anaesthetic CO

Daniel started working at NTRH in 2007, before becoming Team Lead in 2013.

ED Nurse in charge

Janet is the ED sister and has also been involved in the development of the partnership from the beginning. She is involved in the delivery of training sessions, has been part of two reciprocal visits to the UK and supports the clinical fellows during their deployment at the hospital. She is a supervisor, but also our mother when away from home!

Pharmacist – Medical education lead

Duncan is a pharmacist at NTRH and is responsible for the hospital continuing professional education. He is one of the main contacts to organise trainings, when engaging in the hospital Continuing Medical Education program, and work closely with clinical fellows. He is also involved in the project “bridging the gap in AMR”.

Nurses - Simulation facilitator leads

Titus and Rose are Nurses at NTRH. They are currently working 50% as clinical and 50% as Sim facilitator Leads. They have been involved in the development, and now lead, the Simulation activities in the hospital, driving a great team of Sim facilitators. They co-lead other activities involving sim or education, such the Rural Education Programme and the Dharura Emergency Care course, and plan to support other institutions to develop their own simulation team.

Pharmacist

Edna is a clinical Pharmacist and has been involved for years in the fight against AMR in Laikipia County and in Kenya. She is one of the co-lead for the project “bridging the gap in AMR”, supporting the development and implementation of activities.