90% of deaths from cervical cancer could be avoidable in Africa. According to WHO, 19 out of 20 countries with the highest cervical cancer burden are in Africa and thousands of women suffer from a disease caused by a virus, preventable through vaccination and screening, even with low resources. The pandemic delays these services, but the gap mustn't be increased.
The night between January 22nd and 23rd 2021, Tropical Cyclone Eloise (category 1) made landfall in the already fragile Province of Sofala hit, exactly in Buzi District, 30 km south to Beira City, in central Mozambique.
The cooperation between Doctors with Africa CUAMM and the Tanzanian Hiphop artist popularly known as FID Q to raise community awareness on Hiv/Aids.
Helping mothers and children to survive and thrive has always been the main goal of Doctors with Africa CUAMM’s commitment, particularly in the most challenging contexts.
The testimony of Alessandra Gossetto and Matteo Arata Jpo in Gynecology and Obstetrics at PCMH, the reference hospital for maternal and child health in Sierra Leone.
In Africa, tuberculosis is still a disease that causes many victims, 1,4 million only in 2019 (WHO). But not all stories have an inevitable ending.
This past Christmas was a suspended Christmas. Due to the limitations on travel in Italy and between the various countries, many found themselves spending this day away from loved ones and very often stuck in the city where they live and work. But what is it like to spend Christmas in Africa at this time [...]
On December 31st at 11 pm in Chiulo, Angola, Giorgio Pellis's phone rings: there is an obstetric emergency and Alice, the Angolan doctor who works in the hospital, asks for support in managing the birth beacuse the child struggles to be born.
The commitment of Doctors with Africa Cuamm thanks to the U.S. Government. Today Pierluigi Peracchini, mayor of La Spezia, and the bishop of the city mgr. Luigi Ernesto Palletti visited the spaces of “Gruppo di Volontariato Vincenziano San Giovanni Bosco”, where Doctors with Africa CUAMM renewed the showers and people in need can find support during the Covid-19 epidemic. Since July 2020, 370 homeless people have had access to hygiene services and more than 24,800 meals and 2,600 food kits were distributed.
Doctors with Africa Cuamm is committed to increase the availability and to improve the quality of services of diagnosis and tratement for uterine and breast cancer in three regions of the country.