“Protecting women is protecting the future: screen today, save lives tomorrow!”
Pink October in Mozambique was a day of awareness, education, and care dedicated to promoting early screening, breaking stigma, and celebrating the strength and resilience of women navigating the oncology care pathway. CUAMM teams joined the campaign in Beira and Quelimane.
A solo grandmother, a 6-years-old girl weighing only 19.8 lb and a long distance to cover to ensure her access to the treatment she so desperately needs. A story of love, care and collaboration from Kongwa District, Tanzania.
When and why should we wash our hands? This was the focus of the awareness-rasining activities for the community and the health personnel at the Complexe Hospitalier Universitaire Pédiatrique (Chupb) in Bangui, Central African Republic. Beacuse hand hygiene is an act of care that protects us and those around us.
Hunger is never just the lack of food. Instead, it threats balance, peace and prosperity. On World Food Day we reaffirm the importance of ensuring food security to restore stability and dignity to communities.
In Pujehun, the training and mentoring programme for nurses specialising in anaesthesia continues: an investment in the future.
Whether forced to flee their homes, endure staggering violence, or cope with the devastation caused by natural hazards, people in emergencies are often cut off from fundamental services including Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS). At Doctors with Africa CUAMM, we witness this firsthand through our dedicated work to promote access to health for all.
The second edition of the Master in pediatric and neonatal emergencies for healthcare professionals in Mozambique has officially begun. 15 health professionals are enrolled in the Master promoted by Eduardo Mondlane University, in collaboration with the University of Padua, the Catholic University of Mozambique (UCM), and coordinated by CUAMM.
In 2022 Doctors with Africa CUAMM started supporting the Immigration Office in Padua to ease and accelerate the workload caused by the crisis in Eastern Europe. Today, the commitment goes on and has been extended to other cities.
On this World Day of Migrants and Refugees, which Pope Francis has dedicated to the theme “Migrants, messengers of hope”, we reflect on Lamine’s story—one that mirrors the journey of many men and women striving for a better and dignified life.
Tito Dal Lago, a milestone of CUAMM Uganda, suddenly passed away last night at his home in Kampala, beside his wife Nicoletta. The entire CUAMM community, both in Italy and Africa, and everyone who had the chance to know him, mourns his profound loss.