The story of Agnes and Patrick is one of the many in Sierra Leone, where couples and women have to deal with a health system that is still too fragile, where there is a shortage of medical equipment, drugs and above all of qualified and motivated health personnel.
The first results are being presented from the innovative course for the well-being of Italian health workers, implemented by Doctors with Africa CUAMM with the support of USAID and MSD.
Today, on World Nurses Day, it is more important than ever to recognize the essential role that this professional figure plays in patient care and assistance in Italy as well as in Africa.
In Uganda, in the northern regions of Acholi and West Nile, the situation as regards visual health is worrying. Doctors with Africa Cuamm with CBM Italia (Christian Blind Mission) intervenes in these regions to contribute to the reduction of avoidable blindness.
On World Midwife Day we share the testimony of Elena and Chiara, two young midwives who chose to practice their profession in Africa.
The hospitals chosen by the Region have received new medical isolation tents that will help better manage Covid-19 cases, including after the pandemic's acute phase has passed.
When the story of a mother, Mary, and her child can be truly inspirational for other mothers, promoting the health and wellbeing of the whole community.
The logistician is a little-known figure in the field of international cooperation. Its task is to make the interventions well organized and working. With infinite differences, depending on the different contexts.
Behind the maternal and child health intervention that CUAMM carries out in the field, there are thousands of stories of women facing obstetric complications and risking their lives due to the limits of the local health systems in offering first aid in emergencies.
Now forgotten in the West, malaria still kills thousands in Africa, including many children. From South Sudan comes the story of Linda, who risked losing a third pregnancy to malaria but was saved by the care of midwife Peninah.