The commitment of Doctors with Africa CUAMM continues in Tigray, where the population lives in precarious conditions due to the war. A project supported by the European Union to safe access to quality health even in emergencies.
One billion in the world suffer from them, more than half in Africa. CUAMM and AMREF together in South Sudan against the silence on these plagues, particularly the nodding syndrome.
Steven Ngoma, a Congolese doctor, speaks about his mission. He has spent the last four years in Sierra Leone. A long, challenging, intense professional experience. To give mothers and children another chance.
As the project ended, satisfactory results were collected in the formal and informal settlements in Apulia, where basic medical care, new services and training activities were provided.
The intervention in support of the Covid-19 vaccination campaign in the Kolfe Keranyo district of the Ethiopian capital is concluded. Dialogue and the trust relationship with the community have been crucial to the success of the project.
Close to the most vulnerable and the marginalised people in Africa, close to the neglected ones here in Italy. In Apulia, for several years, the Bari group of Doctors with Africa Cuamm has been offering basic assistance and care to farmworkers. An intervention that has grown more and more, becoming increasingly structured.
Day by day, a story to better know the commitment of Doctors with Africa CUAMM in responding to the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine and Moldova.
More than 4,000 people welcomed the Holy Father and listened to his encouragement to continue this path, to "not be afraid to go to difficult places," today Saturday, Nov. 19th, in Rome's Paul VI Hall at the Annual Meeting of Doctors with Africa Cuamm ©Ph: Vatican Media.
After the Covid-19 crisis we hoped we could breathe a sigh of relief, but war and energy speculation are putting a strain on us. Everyone is making small and big sacrifices. But even if it is difficult for us, it is even more to Africa. There, this situation has dramatic effects because populations are already very poor: there is neither a welfare system, nor any kind of social parachute.
Thanks to Gilead Sciences' Community Award Program 2022, a new project on sexually transmitted diseases addressed to migrants and homeless people is at the start. A new challenge for the local Cuamm group.