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Dr Elizabeth Khadija Tissingh AKC MBBS MSc FRCS

Partnership Lead, Democratic Republic of Congo, King's Global Health Partnerships

Biography

Elizabeth Khadija Tissingh is a trauma and orthopaedic surgeon and leads King’s Global Health Partnerships’ work in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A King’s alumnus (Medicine 2008), she also has an MSc in Tropical Medicine and International Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She is committed to the delivery of excellent surgical care in the NHS and to improving access to safe, timely and affordable surgery in areas of the world where it is most needed.

Research

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Trauma System Development

Improving leadership and institutional management in the main trauma hospitals in Kongo Central

Project status: Ongoing

Features

King's awarded funding to support safe surgery in the Democratic Republic of Congo

King's Global Health Partnerships awarded new funding to support safe surgery in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Managing diabetes in the context of Covid-19 in DR Congo

King's Global Health Partnerships was invited to support the delivery of patient education and peer to peer support for diabetes patients in the DRC

Nurse takes blood glucose levels

Research

Trauma system development website image
Trauma System Development

Improving leadership and institutional management in the main trauma hospitals in Kongo Central

Project status: Ongoing

Features

King's awarded funding to support safe surgery in the Democratic Republic of Congo

King's Global Health Partnerships awarded new funding to support safe surgery in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

safe surgery training_banner

Managing diabetes in the context of Covid-19 in DR Congo

King's Global Health Partnerships was invited to support the delivery of patient education and peer to peer support for diabetes patients in the DRC

Nurse takes blood glucose levels