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.
An extraordinary opportunity for professionals to discuss best practices and find new approaches in care and prevention of diabetes. Among many other speakers, Doctors with Africa is taking part in the symposium to take the experience and the expertise acquired in Africa.
Every day over 4.100 people around the world lose their lives to TB and around 30.000 fall ill with this preventable and curable disease. Doctors with Africa Cuamm renews its commitment to defeat this silent disease which incidence is higher than expected. The efforts in Uganda and Angola proved that team-work can be crucial along with community engagement.
The new sections, inaugurated today, have been implemented by Doctors with Africa Cuamm in the framework of IRC19 project “Italia Response to Covid-19: Improving governance and community preparedness for a resilient society (IRC19)”, supported by USAID, United States Agency for International Development.
In Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, the closing event of the 'Test&Treat' project, to share the progress made on the ground in containing the epidemic.
Thanks to a development of screening services, awareness campaigns and availability of technical instruments, many progresses have been made in the prevention of transmittable diseases.