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Building Medical Excellence in Africa Also Means Investing in People, Who Will Put Their Skills at the Disposal of Their Patients
Our colleagues at the Salam Centre for Cardiac Surgery in Khartoum have welcomed a team of doctors and nurses from the Uganda Heart Institute to Sudan. By working side-by-side and undergoing specialist training, the Ugandan medics will be able to return to their home country having gained further knowledge and strengthened key skills. “Thanks to…
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“If We Can Share Resources, We Can Generate Beauty.”
In the words of Luisa, our Medical Coordinator in Uganda, the Children’s Surgical Hospital in Entebbe aims “to hand over the hospital to local staff”, who are fully involved in the current management and functioning of the facility. As well as providing free and high-quality surgery to children up to 14 years of age, EMERGENCY…
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Misha Found Many ‘Aunties’ – As He Calls Them.
Last March, Tetyana and her son Misha arrived in Moldova after leaving Odessa in Ukraine. 40% of the patients we treat at out Mobile Clinic come from that area. We are providing assistance to people fleeing the conflict. Tetyana brought Misha to us because he was suffering from conjunctivitis. Tetyana tells us that, besides treatment,…
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EMERGENCY Statement
ENGLISH: Some journalists have recently reported and shared fake data on injured people in the Panjshir valley, attributing the source to EMERGENCY’s hospitals. EMERGENCY categorically denies these reports, which risk calling into question the principles of independence, neutrality and respect for patients’ privacy that EMERGENCY has always observed in its 23 years of work in…
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The Pride And Determination Of Every Parent
Clever and his father arrived at our hospital in Entebbe last November after a 10-hour bus ride from Fort Portal on the border of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. His operation is one of over 1,000 surgeries we have performed in this first year of our paediatric surgery hospital in Uganda being open. His…
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It Seems Like The Most Important Thing In His Life.
Micola is sitting outside the Mobile Clinic waiting to be triaged. He holds in his hands a canvas bag containing his passport and results from previous clinical exams. He is 82 years old and arrived in Moldova after a two-day journey. He lost his wife many years ago and had no relatives in Kyiv, his…
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“My dream? To Have Hospitals Like This All Over the Country.”
“Elizabeth is a very determined person,” says Giacomo Menaldo, Country Director. “She understands the importance of this hospital. She could have earned much more money elsewhere, but working alongside our doctors is exactly what spurs her on.” This is how Giacomo, our Country Director in Uganda, introduces Elizabeth, a Ugandan colleague at the Children’s Surgical…
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One Year of Activities at the Children’s Surgical Hospital in Entebbe
Just over a year has passed since Ramadhan, our first patient here, left the operating theatre at our Children’s Surgical Hospital in Entebbe, Uganda: a country where 20% of children require specialised surgical care and where there were only 4 paediatric surgeons until this hospital opened. One year on, we are achieving the goal we…
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International Nurses Day 2022
Today, we celebrate all the incredible nurses around the world. Meet some of our colleagues at the Children’s Surgical Centre in Entebbe, Uganda – which is celebrating its first anniversary this week – to explain why they chose the path to become nurses themselves. #InternationalNursesDay
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International Day of the Midwife 2022
Today, our all-woman team at the Anabah Maternity Centre is working to provide the highest level of healthcare to mothers and babies, just as they do every day. Since the opening of this incredible facility in 2003, our midwives’ outstanding professionalism and commitment has helped deliver more than 71,000 babies. Our current team assisted 1,377…