The Moroto Blood Bank stands out as a life-saving service in Karamoja, significantly improving health outcomes in the region. Since its opening in 2022, it has contributed to notable improvements in maternal and child health indicators. Nevertheless, cultural barriers remain a challenge—one that CUAMM is addressing through a comprehensive strategy.
CUAMM participated in the "Tanzania Mental Health Summit 2025", a commitment to make mental health care a public health priority. The summit was an opportunity for discussion and experience sharing among stakeholders, but also for awareness raising, collaboration and a platform for proposing concrete and transformative actions. CUAMM is proud and gratified to have been part of the national discussion on the future of mental health in Tanzania.
We have recently gathered in Brindisi, Apulia on occasion of Accelerate2050 the global conference focused on social, financial and environmental sustainability promoted by Sustainatopia event. An opportunity to share experiences and discuss strategies for global issues. Together with international guests, we explored the nexus between climate and health.
As fighting intensifies in the east, medical logistics becomes even more important to ensure adeguate and timely care in areas most affected by the conflict. Over the past year, with the support of AICS we have involved eleven healthcare facilities located in Dnipropetrovska and Donetska oblasts in medical logistics activities, reaching a target population of 30,400 people.
There are places where seeking care is a challenge, receiving the right diagnosis luck and ensuring proper treatment a bless no one takes for granted. Central African Republic is one of those. Bethel was lucky enough to receive the care he needed in the one and only paediatric hospital in the Country, where CUAMM team works around the clock to ensure children like him adeguate and timely care.
As Angola experience one of the worst cholera outbreak in decades, CUAMM is ready to deliver an emergency response to contain the outbreak and reduce transmission. Activities are implemented in collaboration with UNICEF, with the financial support of the European Union.
What role do faith-based organizations (FBOs) play in delivering care? How can the principle of free care be combined with sustainability and quality in resource-limited settings like Sierra Leone? These and other questions were discussed at an event held in Freetown.
150 students from Sokoine University in Morogoro, Tanzania. Two practical seminars on malnutrition and early childhood development to learn how to better take care of children and the community.
14 people got their degree as they concluded the advanced training programme on paediatrics and neonatal care. The initiative was led by the University of Padua and CUAMM, in collaboration with the Eduardo Mondlane University in Maputo and the Catholic University of Beira thanks to the support of MUR.
Distance is not merely a matter of miles but opportunities, services and accessibility. CUAMM medical staff takes medicine where it is most often neglected. We collected the testemony from Carlo Airola - resident in internal medicine currently serving in Ethiopia.