Edna Adan Hospital clinical training partnership with VeinTrain in Somaliland

From Goodwill to Structure: What Global Health Partnerships Need to Last

Global health partnerships often begin with goodwill. People see a need, recognise shared values and want to contribute. That commitment matters, but commitment alone rarely creates something sustainable.

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Cross-Pollination: What Cardiff and Somaliland Are Building Together

There's a word Dr Edna Adan used in her interview on the Wales, Africa and the World podcast that stuck with me: cross-pollination. It's exactly what her partnership with Cardiff University is built on.

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Edna Adan Hospital clinical training partnership with VeinTrain in Somaliland

Listening to Leadership: Edna Adan, Somaliland and the Context Behind Partnership

As VeinTrain prepares for the next phase of work with Edna Adan University Hospital, Founder Sarah Phillips has been taking time to listen properly to Dr Edna Adan Ismail, not just to the practical detail of training delivery, but to the wider context behind it: the history, the leadership and the system Dr Edna Adan has spent decades building.

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Airglove used to support venous access at the Freeman Hospital, Newcastle (image: Airglove Medical)

Partner innovation in practice: Airglove improves venous access at the Freeman Hospital

VeinTrain's Product HALO approach brings partner innovation into real clinical settings. Our partner Airglove Medical has published an evaluation from the oncology and haematology day unit at the Freeman Hospital, where the Airglove device was adopted into routine practice. We share their findings here.

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Ireland and N.Ireland HALO Centre Launch 2026

Ireland has joined the VeinTrain HALO Centre programme — and for clinical educators, ward managers and workforce development leads across the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, the timing could not be better.

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A wonderful start to 2026 -  Highlights from 7th January Edna Adan Hospital Launch

Take a look at our work in Africa - South Africa Prelink since 2020 and Somaliland (Horn of East Africa)

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VeinTrain at Arab Heath 2022

Virtual VeinTraining CEO Sarah Meeting Kian from  Leader Healthcare our fantasic distribution partners for UAE, Kuwait and Bahrain.  Kian is waiting to take your order an choose your bespoke package or a fast off the shelf ready to go solution.  

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VeinTrain Partnership with PreLink South Africa

A partership that began when the skies closed!

VeinTrain sent out veins to Africa at the start of the pandemic -  PreLink South Africa

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