Principles of Partnership Betsi-Quthing Health Partnership

1. Flexible, Resourceful and Innovative
Tropical Health and Education Trust Conference
25th October 2017, London
Aaron Pritchard
Co-ordinator, Betsi-Quthing (Lesotho) Health Partnership
Principles of Partnership
Betsi-Quthing Health Partnership

2. Quthing (Lesotho)
• Area of 2,916 km2
• Approximate
population 118,107
people
• Languages Sesotho,
English, Xhosa
• Lots of mountains
and sheep!
North Wales
(BCU Health Board)
• Covers an area of
6,172 km2
• Approximate
population 687,937
people
• Bilingual population
especially rurally
• Lots of mountains
and sheep!

3. A public health approach enables
adaptability because you can see the
‘bigger picture’
This project is supported by the Tropical Health &
Education Trust (THET) as part of the Health
Partnership Scheme, which is funded by the UK
Department for International Development (DFID)

4. Assessing situational adaptability
Logistical capacity Communication
infrastructure
Environmental
considerations

5. Plan, plan and then; re-plan…
The capacity to be flexible relies on a degree of stability

6. ”It’s not so much the diploma
you carry, it’s more the kind of
human being you are…”
- Patricia Danzi, ICRC

7. With thanks to the Tropical Health & Education
Trust/Department for International
Development for funding our Rural Health
Project (2015-17)
Above all we would like to thank all our friends
and colleagues in Lesotho for their
partnership
Diolch – Kea Leboha – Thank you