David Nott Foundation

Syrian doctors upskilled to screen and treat women with cervical cancer

Dr Saladin Sawan, Consultant Surgeon in Gynaecological Oncology and one of our faculty trainers, recently returned from a surgical mission…

Our new Chief Operating Officer, Tim Law, recently returned from his first mission. Tim supported our trainers to deliver two…

Dr Esayas Mustefa is the only general surgeon within a 130km radius in Ethiopia. When we trained him during one…

We’ve just returned from northwest Syria after training 35 local doctors to surgically treat complex wounds caused by the earthquake…

Dr Shabnam Parkar is a Consultant Paediatric Surgeon at St George’s Hospital in Tooting. After many years treating children in…

Last month, we were delighted to hold our annual Train the Trainers course, giving 29 doctors from around the world…

This month marks seven years since our Foundation was formed to train doctors to save lives in conflict. In celebration,…

An experienced team of trainers have just returned from delivering two HEST courses in Dnipro and Kharkiv. Here, consultant neurosurgeon and…

In March 2022, we were honoured to train 34 healthcare workers in Hargeisa, Somaliland. Here, our CEO Elly Nott shares…

Training healthcare workers in Ukraine: In response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, our Co-Founder David Nott rapidly condensed his…

In 2015, David and Elly Nott started the David Nott Foundation with a simple mission: to train doctors in areas…

DNF Faculty Member Ammar Darwish shares his experience of operating in the world's worst humanitarian crisis: "The Yemeni medical staff…