Two campervan set up as mobile health clinic are located in St. Peter’s square, across the left side of the Basilica’s colonnade, to offer medical healthcare to the most vulnerable and homeless people, from Monday to Sunday November the 13th, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. A healthcare facility provided by Doctors with Africa CUAMM on occasion of the World Day of the Poor.
A new training module was presented in Bishoftu, Oromia, which is included in the midwifery degree courses of all Ethiopian universities to train professionals on the importance of registering births at the birth registry, the first step to improving maternal and child health.
A photographic exhibition was inaugurated at the University of Kampala to tell the story of the collaboration between Italy and Uganda in health cooperation.
Doctors with Africa CUAMM won the award for "Best supporting implementing partner for safe motherhood activities in service delivery" in Uganda.
All the details of the Annual Meeting program.
The experience of Adriano La Vecchia, the first Junior Project Officer in Paediatrics to give his service in Jinka, South Omo, southern Ethiopia.
In Mozambique, with the "Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases" project, 87,900 women, like Julieta, have been screened against breast and cervical cancer to date. A commitment that continues during the Pink October.
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.
CUAMM has joined the Ugandan Ministry of Health in celebrating World Sight Day by participating in the “Love Your Eyes” event in Kitgum, Uganda.