Horizons Trust UK was established to support Horizons Trust Gambia (HTG) by fundraising for its outreach programme. It has also been at the forefront of the development of Horizons Clinic, which will provide world-class healthcare to residents of The Gambia. Horizons Trust UK is driven by the same mission as HTG – to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality in the country.
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Saving mums and babies’ lives with the Infection, Prevention & Control Programme.
Eliana Sambou, Nurse Midwife and IPC Focal Person at Serrekunda Health Center in The Gambia, explains that there’s a tangible difference for their mothers and babies since Horizons Trust Gambia implemented the Infection, Prevention & Control (IPC) project in the clinic in 2016: “Before we started this IPC program in the Serrekunda [Health Center] … […]
We’re fundraising £16,000 to train 60 midwives in The Gambia
We’re fundraising £16,000 to train 60 midwives in The Gambia At Horizons Trust we’re passionate about reducing maternal and neonatal mortality in The Gambia. We want to protect every newborn baby and mother here. In 2023, we trained over 70 Gambian healthcare professionals in global best practices of obstetric and neonatal care. This course gave […]
“This is going to help the hospital in ways that we will not even imagine”: Safer Delivery project update
Fatmata S Tambi, Senior Nursing Officer at Kanifing General Hospital (KGH) in The Gambia, has been leading the implementation of the training programme provided through the Safer Delivery project. In collaboration with Baylor College of Medicine in Texas and Horizons Trust Gambia, 100 health workers at Kanifing General Hospital have received training in global best […]
Horizons Clinic Gambia Limited secures US$16.8 million financing from Afreximbank
Horizons Clinic Gambia Limited (HCGL) has successfully executed a bespoke US$16.8 million Construction and Medical Tourism Relay Facility Agreement with African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank). Afreximbank’s extensive structuring and technical experience was brought to bear in the successful closure of the agreement, notwithstanding a very challenging financing environment for medium sized healthcare facilities and the Gambian […]
Horizons Trust Gambia delivers life-saving training for mothers and babies
The Safer Delivery Project is a partnership between Horizons Trust Gambia, Kanifing General Hospital (KGH) and Baylor College of Medicine in Texas. This project aims to improve the quality of care for mothers and babies in The Gambia through continuous clinical training. The ultimate aim – to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality rates in the country. […]
Amie Joof-Cole joins Horizons Trust Gambia as new trustee
Horizons Trust Gambia (HTG) is pleased to confirm Amie Joof-Cole has joined as a new trustee. Amie Joof-Cole is a journalist, gender and women’s rights activist, a communication and election expert. She is the Executive Director of FAMEDEV- the Inter-African Network for Women, Media, Gender and Development. She has worked for several years at Radio […]
New trustee for Horizons Trust Gambia
Horizons Trust Gambia (HTG) is delighted to announce the addition of Dr. Maimuna Mendy to its Board of Trustees. Dr. Mendy, a virologist who completed her higher degree studies (Ph.D) in Virology at the University of London in 1994, brings over 30 years’ experience on hepatitis research working at the Medical Research Council laboratories, Fajara, […]
Baylor & HTG safer delivery project update
Working closely with the Ministry of Health, Horizons Trust Gambia (HTG) and Baylor will provide a mobile and compact, yet expandable, shipping container-based stand-alone surgical facility (Smart POD) for caesarean deliveries in remote locations while the Baylor team will provide ongoing training through telemedicine and augmented reality. HTG has just completed the needs assessment, having […]
HTG clamps delivered to a grateful Brikama Maternity Unit
Horizons Trust Gambia (HTG) has delivered 500 cord clamps to the maternity unit at Gambia’s Brikama District Hospital after learning that they were completely out of stock and resorting to the use of thread instead on the babies, significantly increasing the risk of infection. The unit had encountered some logistical and procurement challenges, so HTG […]
Replacement gloves extremely handy
Horizons Trust Gambia (HTG) delivered 10,000 pairs of disposable gloves to Gambia’s Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital (EFSTH). The hospital wrote to HTG requesting support as they had run out of existing supplies and with no timescale as to when they would be receiving their next consignment. HTG were only too happy to assist and […]