Partnerships and Resources

The mission of the NECHC is to support North End Halifax to be a healthy community by offering leadership in primary health care through health services, education, community development, outreach and advocacy.

Gynecology Consult Clinic: The GHEAU partners with NECHC and Mobile Outreach Street Health (MOSH) to provide a monthly, half-day gynecology consult clinic to individuals who receive primary care at the NECHC and those who may be under housed or experiencing homelessness. The clinic location alternates between the NECHC clinic and the MOSH mobile van clinic. This clinic is delivered by a Physician and Resident from our department. They are an integrated part of the resident training program.

Phoenix is a community-based organization located in Halifax.  It provides support and services to young people between the ages of 16-24 who are homeless to help them find a better path, and counseling supports to youth aged 11-24 and their families.

The GHEAU organizes educational events for the youth at Phoenix on a variety of topics related to sexual and reproductive health. These sessions are delivered by the Residents in our department and the Medical Director. To encourage engagement and motivation from the youth, we employ a game-based learning approach during our educational sessions.

ISANS helps immigrants to build a future in Nova Scotia. ISANS is the leading immigrant settlement service agency in Atlantic Canada, serving 10,000+ clients annually in 104 communities across Nova Scotia, through many kinds of services—language, settlement, community integration, and employment — both in person and online. Highlights of our partnership with ISANS are outlined below:

Prenatal classes: GHEAU organizes monthly, evening classes for newcomer women on labour and delivery, antepartum, and postpartum/breastfeeding sessions. The sessions are delivered by a Faculty Member and Resident volunteers and supported by multilingual interpreters to facilitate engagement in prenatal education irrespective of preferred spoken language. The postpartum/breastfeeding session is jointly presented with the Public Health Nurses. The sessions are held monthly.

Halifax Newcomer Health Clinic

• Newcomer Well Woman Clinic: This monthly evening clinic is run onsite at the Halifax Newcomer Health Clinic by resident volunteers under the supervision of a faculty member to provide well woman care, contraceptive counselling, and long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) placement in a dedicated, education focused environment. The GHEAU has also developed a multi-lingual patient education video focused on cervical cancer screening and LARC placement to support activities at the clinic.

Korle Bu Teaching Hospital is the premier healthcare facility in Ghana. It is a teaching hospital affiliated with the medical school of the University of Ghana. The GHEAU has a robust, longitudinal partnership with the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, Ghana. We have a Memorandum of Understanding with Korle Bu confirming our mutual commitment to our partnership

Highlights of this partnership are outlined below:

• Elective Training: The GHEAU partners with Korle Bu to host their Residents at the IWK. The unit hosted an MFM Fellow, Dr. Kwaku Doffour-Dapaah for an MFM Elective program that lasted for eight weeks in 2022. In 2019, the GHEAU hosted Dr. Frederick Oduro for an Elective program that lasted for six weeks.

• Simulation Capacity Building: The GHEAU provided Korle-bu with obstetrical simulators and educational materials and continues to run on site simulation training sessions with Korle Bu faculty and trainees to build capacity for obstetrical simulation at Korle-bu.

• Micro Research: The GHEAU is currently supporting Korle Bu to host a Micro Research Workshop in partnership with the IWK and Academics Without Borders. In preparation for this, the GHEAU recently facilitated the completion of an onsite, three-day Micro Research Trainers’ workshop in Accra with coaches from Korle-bu.

• Academic Activities: The GHEAU facilitates virtual attendance of Korle Bu Faculty of some relevant educational activities in the department which include MFM Imaging Rounds, MFM Journal Clubs, and Grand Rounds sessions.

Korle Bu Teaching Hospital is the premier healthcare facility in Ghana. It is a teaching hospital affiliated with the medical school of the University of Ghana. The GHEAU has a robust, longitudinal partnership with the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, Ghana. We have a Memorandum of Understanding with Korle Bu confirming our mutual commitment to our partnership  Highlights of this partnership are outlined below:

• Elective Training: The GHEAU partners with Korle Bu to host their Residents at the IWK. The unit hosted an MFM Fellow, Dr. Kwaku Doffour-Dapaah for an MFM Elective program that lasted for eight weeks in 2022. In 2019, the GHEAU hosted Dr. Frederick Oduro for an Elective program that lasted for six weeks.

• Simulation Capacity Building: The GHEAU provided Korle-bu with obstetrical simulators and educational materials and continues to run on site simulation training sessions with Korle Bu faculty and trainees to build capacity for obstetrical simulation at Korle-bu.

• Micro Research: The GHEAU is currently supporting Korle Bu to host a Micro Research Workshop in partnership with the IWK and Academics Without Borders. In preparation for this, the GHEAU recently facilitated the completion of an onsite, three-day Micro Research Trainers’ workshop in Accra with coaches from Korle-bu.

• Academic Activities: The GHEAU facilitates virtual attendance of Korle Bu Faculty of some relevant educational activities in the department which include MFM Imaging Rounds, MFM Journal Clubs, and Grand Rounds sessions.

The University of Rwanda College of Medicine and Health Sciences has hosted several electives for Dalhousie Obstetrics & Gynaecology residents. It is hoped that this partnership can continue to grow with Dalhousie residents developing joint research projects with Rwandan residents.