A SPECIAL MEETING FOR 70 YEARS OF LIFE
On the 70th anniversary of Doctors with Africa CUAMM, Pope Francis welcomed the director Don Dante Carraro in a private audience due to the anti-covid restrictions.
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March 2021
A RESOURCE OF INESTIMABLE VALUE
Never before this year of pandemic, have we realized the importance of water for the health system. We want to remember it today, on the World Water Day. Water supply becomes crucial in Africa where its scarcity is a daily challenge in addition to many other difficulties, as the threat of Covid-19.
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March 2021
A NEED FOR CONCRETE ACTION AND COMPASSION
The numbers of confirmed cases of COVID-19, intensive care unit admissions and deaths from the virus continue to rise. But there is light at the end of the tunnel, and its name is vaccines. Availability is limited: we don’t have enough doses in Italy, and the situation is far worse in Africa.
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March 2021
A THOUSAND WAYS TO SAY DAD.
Fathers are often marginal figures in Africa, as parental responsibilities are mainly a duty of women. Anyhow, their active role in the family is essential for the health of children.
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March 2021
A VACCINE FOR “US” ALL
Global emergencies demand global responses, and Africa cannot be left out. A vaccination program is clearly imperative there as well: not only is it the right thing to do, it will also help ensure everyone’s wellbeing, as it is the only way to put an end to the spread of this virus and its variants.
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March 2021
COVID-19: NEW EQUIPMENT TO THE HOSPITAL OF CARATE BRIANZA, LOMBARDY
Gazebos, stretchers and screens have been delivered today by Doctors with Africa Cuamm thanks to the U.S. Government. They will help to reorganize the flow of patients who access the hospital. The donation is funded by USAID through the “Italian Response to Covid-19” project.
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March 2021
Cuamm launches an intervention in the Tigray region
In the north of Ethiopia, the situation is dire. Thanks to the support of CEI, Doctors with Africa CUAMM, is launching an intervention to support several health centers that have been severely damaged in the conflict. The people, most of whom have been displaced, need everything: food, clean water, and medicine. The threat of Covid 19 is making the situation worse, spreading rapidly in Africa too.
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March 2021
International Women’s Day Two portraits of determination
Martha and Inocencia are among the women who make up 55% of the staff working daily on Doctors with Africa CUAMM projects. Women are the majority of those working with us to change for the health of women themselves and their entire communities.
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March 2021
Making a difference with migrant people
On Sunday, February 28, our volunteers from Bari went to the countryside around Foggia, to keep doing check-ups and distributing food to the migrant people who live there. As usual, Aadyta, a cultural mediator from Mauritius, has joined the volunteers, to help them in their work.
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February 2021
Maria Stella “I never expected to be treated so kindly”
Maria Stella lost her job at the beginning of the pandemic. The group "Colazioni col sorriso" in La Spezia helped her to get back on her feet and now she doesn't need help anymore.