About Us
CHEEERS: Developing Healthcare Together (CHEEERS: DHT) is an Irish non-profit, professional volunteer multidisciplinary sending organisation (RCN: 20153335).
CHEEERS stands for:
- Community
- Healthcare
- Empowering
- Education
- Experiences
- Relationships and
- Support
CHEEERS: Developing Healthcare Together works together with developing communities to improve healthcare services and to promote education and training of healthcare professionals.
CHEEERS: Developing Healthcare Together was established in 2015 by a group of Irish healthcare professionals who have volunteered at Kisiizi Hospital Uganda and within the local community since 2005.
CHEEERS: Developing Healthcare Together works alongside Kisiizi Hospital staff and the local community to develop a number of healthcare projects and provide further education and training.
In April 2015, CHEEERS: Developing Healthcare Together sent the first multidisciplinary team of eight medical and allied health professionals to Kisiizi Hospital. The multidisciplinary team included a Psychiatric Registrar, three Physiotherapists, one Occupational Therapist and three Dietitians.
In 2016, 2017 and 2018, CHEEERS: Developing Healthcare Together sent larger multidisciplinary teams of healthcare professionals expanding to include Speech and Language Therapists and Pharmacists.