Baillie Dave, Aligawesa Mariam, Birabwa-Oketcho Harriet, Hall Cerdic, Kyaligonza David, Mpango Richard, Mulimira Moses, Boardman Jed
Consultant Psychiatrist, and Chair, Butabika-East London Link, East London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK, email
Charge Nurse, Co-Chair, Butabika East-London Link, and Co-chair, Ugandan Diaspora Health Foundation, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
BJPsych Int. 2015 Feb 1;12(1):10-13. doi: 10.1192/s2056474000000064. eCollection 2015 Feb.
The International Health Partnership ('the Link') between the East London NHS Foundation Trust and Butabika Hospital in Uganda was set up in 2005. It has facilitated staff exchanges and set up many workstreams (e.g. in child and adolescent psychiatry, nursing and psychology) and projects (e.g. a peer support worker project and a violence reduction programme). The Link has been collaborative and mutually beneficial. The authors describe benefits and challenges at individual and organisational levels. Notably, the Link has achieved a commitment to service user involvement and an increasingly central involvement of the Ugandan diaspora working in mental health in the UK.
东伦敦国民保健服务基金会信托基金与乌干达布塔比卡医院之间的国际卫生伙伴关系（“该伙伴关系”）于2005年建立。它促进了人员交流，设立了许多工作流程（如儿童和青少年精神病学、护理和心理学方面）以及项目（如同伴支持工作者项目和减少暴力计划）。该伙伴关系一直是合作性且互利的。作者描述了个人和组织层面的益处与挑战。值得注意的是，该伙伴关系实现了对服务使用者参与的承诺，以及在英国从事心理健康工作的乌干达侨民日益核心的参与。
