Every year the Uhuru Torch passes through Tanzania, making stops at the country’s newly opened or most excellent health facilities to show appreciation for the good work being carried out there.
Sometimes you receive unexpected messages – simple notes that make all the hard work you’re doing well worth it, and help you to carry on despite the daily difficulties of working in Africa. The trust and esteem earned by Giovanni Dall’Oglio, a CUAMM doctor working in South Sudan, come through loud and clear in those he’s received – a deeply satisfying gift.
Expectant mothers in Tanzania lack access to the conveniences and services that we in wealthier countries tend to take for granted. Some fail to eat properly in the months leading up to delivery, or exhaust themselves with the heavy work they’re obliged to do, unaware of the precautions that ought to be taken during pregnancy.
As the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) draws to a close in New York, we at CUAMM are excited about and committed to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that were discussed there, particularly those concerning nutrition and maternal and child health.
In recent days electricity became a reality for two small health centers in Lumuli and Magoda, located in Tanzania’s Iringa DC and Njombe Regions, respectively. Like them, another 48 dispensaries will soon also have light. All this has been made possible thanks to a new partnership between Sumitomo Corporation and Doctors with Africa CUAMM.
In Mozambique almost 43% of children suffer from chronic malnutrition. To face this problem some doctors and researchers have created recipes accesible to all mothers.
Generation Nutrition is a global civil society campaign created to encourage governments to take action against child mortality caused by malnutrition. Doctors with Africa CUAMM is now joining this campaign.
In West Nile, where we are already supporting blind people with dedicated activities, we are back with an important project against malnutrition.
On August 25, 2007, the first medical students graduated from the Catholic University of Mozambique. Nine years later, we are moved to remember that moment through our former director Don Luigi's words.
Work continues in Sierra Leone to rebuild its fragile health system devastated by Ebola. Excellent results in Freetown and Pujehun.