Alarmed by the humanitarian emergency in Gaza, we have chosen to join the petition launched on The Lancet by professors from the University of Padua and many other voices from the academic world. A call to break the silence and reiterate the urgent need for a immediate ceasefire.
The 2024 Annual Report is our way of sharing a transparent account of the work we’ve carried out in Italy and in the 9 countries where we operate. Page after page, it outlines the activities planned and implemented throughout the year in pursuit of our mission: to protect and promote the right to health for all.
We hosted a three-day training at St.Luke's Hospital, Wolisso inviting 34 Catholic Sister professionals from 14 zones across three different regions of Ethiopia.
In Pujehun, an innovative mentoring programme for trainee anaesthesia nurses has been launched. This course is the only one of its kind in Sierra Leone, a country with only around 50 anaesthesia nurses for 8 million people and a very high birth rate.
Strengthening Health Systems: in Uganda, CUAMM and Ireland Embassy launch the construction of a Blood Bank for Karamoja Region.
The International Conference on Climate Leadership, held in Harbin, China on July 21–22, provided a valuable platform to present and discuss the nexus between health and climate change. On the occasion, we got the chance to showcase the results of our field-based research initiative on preventing climate-sensitive infectious diseases such as malaria and cholera in Mozambique.
A widespread healthcare intervention born in the heart of the province of Foggia, among seasonal and migrant agricultural workers, which extends to other provinces in Apulia to bring assistance to the most marginalized.
Olumide Salawu is the new Country Manager for South Sudan. He shares how he first encountered CUAMM and what challenges lie ahead for the organization’s work in the Africa’s youngest nation.
A training course was held in Bangui, Central African Republic, to improve hospital staff knowledge of infection prevention and control. The skills and capacity building activities, as well as the practical training of healthcare workers at CHUPB, are part of the intervention “Support to paediatric and nutritional care, resilience and governance at CHUPB”, funded by the European Union and implemented with Action Against Hunger (ACF).
The fourth edition of the global gathering dedicated to the swift recovery and long-term reconstruction of Ukraine took place in Rome on 10 and 11 July. CUAMM participated in it and collaborated with several other NGOs in the side event dedicated to empowering people, organized by Caritas Italiana.