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Dental Health Improvement

Jane Boyce has been working with SHARE on developing dental services at the St Paul's Hospital in Addis Ababa and the Ayder hospital in Mekelle, since 2012. When she first visit the dental department in Ayder there was a single dental chair. There is now a wide range of dental equipment used as part of an extensive service. 
 

Jane had developed two outreach centres, one in Adwa General Hospital and the other at Elroi Wukro Children’s Village. The majority of the work has focused on control of cross infection and maintenance of autoclaves, alongside developing organisational processes. around teeth brushing etc.  


As part of SHARE’s activities, Jane, along with various volunteers, also donated  dental equipment to the St Paul's Hospital, which was awarded the ‘Best Dental Teaching Hospital’ by the Addis Ababa University. More dental related activities including supporting Dr Birke to visit Sheffield to support her professional development. and gaining a higher degree in public health dentistry. 

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Sheffield Health Action Resource for Ethiopia

We are an international health link between Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Mekelle in Tigray, operating with charitable objectives.  To improve the healthcare system in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia, we work with the Tigray Health board and local hospitals to achieve this.   We are a registered charity 1173972 

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