FABIO AND MARICA ON MISSION IN ETHIOPIA
With Fabio and Marica, crossing realities so distant, yet made close by the dedication and care of so many people.
With Fabio and Marica, crossing realities so distant, yet made close by the dedication and care of so many people.
Today is World Hypertension Day, a chronic disease that is a growing phenomenon in Africa, as in Ukraine.
The experiences of four women in Africa and Italy who played key roles during the pandemic, as told by young graphic artists joined in a special graphic novel coordinated by Giacomo Keison Bevilacqua.
We are in Bangui, where malaria is the main cause of death under five. Here is the testimony of Corinne, a CUAMM nurse.
Isaya in Tanzania is the father of Innocent, a child suffering from serious malnutrition, which has caused him to be placed in intensive care.
While no longer a threat in the West, malaria keeps causing many deaths in Africa, often among children. Doctors with Africa Cuamm is strengthening its commitment in every country. A intervention to prevent and treat malaria is being implemented in the districts of Oyam and Kole, Uganda (northern region) thanks to the support provided by Aics and Global Fund.
New tools introduced to ensure safe access and triage at the G. Pascale IRCCS National Cancer Insitute Foundation. A set of technological tools and measures ensures safe triage. The project was made possible thanks to Doctors with Africa CUAMM and the support of USAID.
Easter is coming. A holiday to commemorate resurrection, life over death. Our thoughts cannot fail to go with those living in dark times, facing suffering and death every day. As Pope Francis keeps reminding us, every conflict, every war is a sacrilege, an atrocity we have to stop fuel before it destroys human beings. Everywhere in the world. From Ethiopia to Northern Mozambique, from South Sudan to Central African Republic up to that one closer to us, in Ukraine.
On World Health Day, Prisilia, a nutritionist in Iringa and Njombe in Tanzania, tells of Cuamm's intervention to strengthen the skills of health workers and communities, improving eating habits and health practices even in fragile health systems: so that healthcare and protection are truly accessible to all.
The "Saving Lives" programme launched in 2018 in Sierra Leone is coming to an end. A workshop in Freetown to share the results achieved: an opportunity for exchange and growth to provide quality health services to mothers and children.