Speaking out for the voiceless to ensure their access to health services, vaccines and protection: during the Covid-19 pandemic the Italian voluntary sector worked hard to bring these issues to the attention of decisionmakers in an effort to heal social rifts, create public/private bridges and launch participatory actions.

The impact of the war in Ukraine is bearing down on Africa, adding to the financial, health, food and debt crises already afflicting the continent. The true scope of new crisis cannot yet be assessed, but there is no doubt that it is making the situations of many African countries even more complex than they already were.

A reflection on Eugene Richardson’s new book, Epidemic Illusions, which offers far more questions than answers. Too often influenced by trends and ready-made models, public health risks losing its true meaning and – as has so often been the case – leaving behind the most vulnerable.

In many parts of the world, breastfeeding is still not widely practiced.A study by CUAMM in Sierra Leone identified some of the reasons why – such as women’s fear of not producing enough breast milk and a lack of support by family members – as well as possible interventions.

In Africa as elsewhere, growing attention is being focused on critically ill patients. The Critical Care Asia Africa initiative aims to systematize the use of computerized clinical registries, adapting intensive care registries to low-resource hospitals to provide epidemiological and clinical data in real time.

South Sudan exists in a state of chronic instability, which makes a purely emergency or vertical approach inadequate. Even in this time of growing humanitarian distress, CUAMM’s approach is a collaborative one, working hand in hand with local authorities to build a system capable of responding to primary health needs.

It is estimated that some 1.3 million southern Angolans live in a state of acute food insecurity driven by the climate crisis and consequent prolonged drought, with cause and effect fueling one another including a lack of both food and dietary diversity, as well as poor hygiene. CUAMM's aim in the region is to identify the malnourished and provide them with treatment

Insecurity phenomena set in in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, in October 2017 and rose dramatically in 2020; the U.N. estimates that 744,949 people have had to flee their homes to seek refuge elsewhere. Officially known as “internally displaced persons”,these are Mozambicans forced to migrate within their own country. CUAMM works to provide them with health care, supporting a hosting model that is integrated into local communities.