Our Healthcare Specialist Programmes aim to upskill healthcare professionals in the region to deliver quality public health services and strengthen healthcare systems for all. Our teams of specialist volunteers from Singapore share their expertise, skills and best practices in various focus areas including maternal and child health, mental health, palliative care, internal medicine and allied health.

Ongoing Programmes

 
2024 - Present

Training Healthcare Professionals to Advance Nephrology Care (THAN) in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Host Partner
Cho Ray Hospital

Singapore Partner
Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH)

Project Aim
To improve the quality of nephrology care services in Ho Chi Minh City.

Outcomes

A team of Singapore International Volunteers (SIVs) from TTSH will train about 60 doctors and nurses from Cho Ray Hospital and selected hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi. The training will focus on three building blocks – i.e. clinical skills building and practices, diagnostics and quality improvement systems in Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) and Glomerular Nephritis (GN) to improve patient outcome and quality care delivery. 10 Master Trainers will then be identified to train their local counterparts to ensure sustainability after the project. The project is expected to benefit 11,000 lives by 2027.

Launch of EMHS
2022 – Present

Enhancing Mental Healthcare Services in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Host Partner
Khmer Soviet Friendship Hospital (KSFH), supported by Transcultural Psychosocial Organization Cambodia (TPO Cambodia) and the Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Cambodia (Caritas-CCAMH)

Singapore Partner
Individual volunteers from Singapore’s healthcare sector

Project Aim
To enhance the mental health services in the public healthcare hospitals and institutions in Cambodia. 

Outcomes

Singapore International Volunteers, comprising professionals from IMH, will work with 50 mental health practitioners from KSFH, TPO Cambodia and the Caritas-CCAMH. They will exchange knowledge, skills and best practices to better manage and treat psychiatric emergencies (focusing on agitation, aggression and suicidality) and mood and anxiety disorders. A group of 12 Master Trainers will be equipped with relevant skills to train other mental health professionals. This helps to amplify the project’s impact and sustainability. The project will focus on the clinical intervention, development of a framework for psychiatric emergencies and patient education materials on common mental health conditions. The project is expected to benefit 30,000 patients in Cambodia by 2025. 

2021 - Present

Enhancing Maternal and Child Health Services (Phase Two) in Tamil Nadu, India

Host Partner
Department of Health and Family Welfare (Government of Tamil Nadu) (DH&FW)

Singapore Partner
SingHealth

Project aim
To improve the quality of maternal and child health services in Tamil Nadu, India.

Outcomes

A team of Singapore International Volunteers (SIVs) from KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH) and SingHealth Polyclinics will conduct training workshops, provide technical assistance, and undergo protocols review with Maternal and Child Health (MCH) professionals in Tamil Nadu. The project is expected to impact both healthcare workers, such as doctors, nurses, midwives and anesthetists, as well as mothers and newborns in Tamil Nadu. Through clinical training, about 144 local MCH professionals will gain skills and knowledge to better identify and manage obstetrics and neonatal emergencies and high-risk pregnancies. Furthermore, identified Master Trainers will receive additional training to train other MCH professionals in the community. An estimated 20,000 mothers and newborns are expected to be positively impacted from the project.

2019 - Present

Occupational Therapy for Children with Special Needs in Jakarta, Indonesia

Host Partner
Foundation for the Development of Children with Special Needs (YPAC) Jakarta

Singapore Partner
KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH) and SingHealth

Project Aim
To enhance support for children with special needs, such as those with autism and cerebral palsy in Jakarta.

Outcomes

A team of Singapore International Volunteers comprising occupational therapists from KKH will train 50 special education (SPED) practitioners from YPAC Jakarta and other participating SPED institutions. By 2022, these SPED practitioners will be able to execute fundamental behaviour management strategies for the children they work with. They will be able to match developmental milestones to various activities performed by the beneficiaries, teach self-care skills, and assess and document beneficiaries’ progress. The project is expected to directly benefit 2,000 members of the Indonesian community, including patients and their families, teachers, volunteers, and supporting therapists.

Hear from our project participant

“This programme has allowed us to improve our knowledge on how to handle special needs children, especially in terms of school-based of occupational therapy development processes.”

Mr Muhammad Hidayat Sahid

Occupational therapist from Universitas Indonesia

Launch of EMHS
2022 – Present

Enhancing Mental Healthcare Services in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Host Partner
Khmer Soviet Friendship Hospital (KSFH), supported by Transcultural Psychosocial Organization Cambodia (TPO Cambodia) and the Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Cambodia (Caritas-CCAMH)

Singapore Partner
Individual volunteers from Singapore’s healthcare sector

Project Aim
To enhance the mental health services in the public healthcare hospitals and institutions in Cambodia. 

Outcomes

Singapore International Volunteers, comprising professionals from IMH, will work with 50 mental health practitioners from KSFH, TPO Cambodia and the Caritas-CCAMH. They will exchange knowledge, skills and best practices to better manage and treat psychiatric emergencies (focusing on agitation, aggression and suicidality) and mood and anxiety disorders. A group of 12 Master Trainers will be equipped with relevant skills to train other mental health professionals. This helps to amplify the project’s impact and sustainability. The project will focus on the clinical intervention, development of a framework for psychiatric emergencies and patient education materials on common mental health conditions. The project is expected to benefit 30,000 patients in Cambodia by 2025. 

2024 - Present

Training Healthcare Professionals to Advance Nephrology Care (THAN) in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Host Partner
Cho Ray Hospital

Singapore Partner
Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH)

Project Aim
To improve the quality of nephrology care services in Ho Chi Minh City.

Outcomes

A team of Singapore International Volunteers (SIVs) from TTSH will train about 60 doctors and nurses from Cho Ray Hospital and selected hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi. The training will focus on three building blocks – i.e. clinical skills building and practices, diagnostics and quality improvement systems in Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) and Glomerular Nephritis (GN) to improve patient outcome and quality care delivery. 10 Master Trainers will then be identified to train their local counterparts to ensure sustainability after the project. The project is expected to benefit 11,000 lives by 2027.

Haemodialysis Care in Hanoi, Vietnam
2018 - Present

Haemodialysis Care in Hanoi, Vietnam

Host Partner
Hanoi Medical University

Singapore Partner
Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH)

Project aim
To enhance the knowledge and skills of haemodialysis doctors, nurses, and technicians in Hanoi.

Outcome

Singapore International Volunteers comprising TTSH specialists in renal care will train 80 of these healthcare professionals, including 12 Master Trainers who will in turn share their expertise with colleagues in this field. Six workshops and lectures comprising basic, intermediate, and advanced modules for haemodialysis caregivers, including senior management staff, will be conducted. Hospital leaders and senior management will also take part in joint discussions about quality assurance and standardised protocols for care in central and provincial hospitals in Vietnam. The project is expected to improve the overall quality of care for over 5,000 kidney patients in the region.

2019 - Present

Occupational Therapy for Children with Special Needs in Jakarta, Indonesia

Host Partner
Foundation for the Development of Children with Special Needs (YPAC) Jakarta

Singapore Partner
KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH) and SingHealth

Project Aim
To enhance support for children with special needs, such as those with autism and cerebral palsy in Jakarta.

Outcomes

A team of Singapore International Volunteers comprising occupational therapists from KKH will train 50 special education (SPED) practitioners from YPAC Jakarta and other participating SPED institutions. By 2022, these SPED practitioners will be able to execute fundamental behaviour management strategies for the children they work with. They will be able to match developmental milestones to various activities performed by the beneficiaries, teach self-care skills, and assess and document beneficiaries’ progress. The project is expected to directly benefit 2,000 members of the Indonesian community, including patients and their families, teachers, volunteers, and supporting therapists.

Hear from our project participant

“This programme has allowed us to improve our knowledge on how to handle special needs children, especially in terms of school-based of occupational therapy development processes.”

Mr Muhammad Hidayat Sahid

Occupational therapist from Universitas Indonesia

2021 - Present

Enhancing Maternal and Child Health Services (Phase Two) in Tamil Nadu, India

Host Partner
Department of Health and Family Welfare (Government of Tamil Nadu) (DH&FW)

Singapore Partner
SingHealth

Project aim
To improve the quality of maternal and child health services in Tamil Nadu, India.

Outcomes

A team of Singapore International Volunteers (SIVs) from KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH) and SingHealth Polyclinics will conduct training workshops, provide technical assistance, and undergo protocols review with Maternal and Child Health (MCH) professionals in Tamil Nadu. The project is expected to impact both healthcare workers, such as doctors, nurses, midwives and anesthetists, as well as mothers and newborns in Tamil Nadu. Through clinical training, about 144 local MCH professionals will gain skills and knowledge to better identify and manage obstetrics and neonatal emergencies and high-risk pregnancies. Furthermore, identified Master Trainers will receive additional training to train other MCH professionals in the community. An estimated 20,000 mothers and newborns are expected to be positively impacted from the project.

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