Doctors with Africa CUAMM joins other Italian and international institutions to demand a cease fire as soon as possible. CUAMM is keeping services active for the people of south Sudan in seven counties and three hospitals, where we work with 17 Italians, 39 workers of different African nationalities, and about 650 South Sudanese people.
Doctors with Africa CUAMM joins other Italian and international institutions to demand a cease fire as soon as possible. CUAMM is keeping services active for the people of south Sudan in seven counties and three hospitals, where we work with 17 Italians, 39 workers of different African nationalities, and about 650 South Sudanese people.
On 27 June 2016 Doctors with Africa CUAMM took part in a conference in Rome organized by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Global Fund. Its focus: the Global Fund’s contribution to global health within the framework of the 2030 agenda for sustainable development.
This year the annual commemorative event will focus on “Conflict and Crisis in Africa: Protecting all Children’s Rights”. Doctors with Africa CUAMM refuses to remain indifferent in the face of the pain and suffering of so many children everywhere.
Over the last several months, CUAMM has screened 3,447 women living in the most isolated areas of Tanzania.
In Ethiopia inequality often has a great deal to do with where one lives, alongside other factors; people living in urban centers, in fact, generally have much better access to health care services and treatment than those living far from them. Just one example: in 2015, 88% of babies born in the urban areas of [...]
Doctors with Africa CUAMM and UNICEF have launched a project in the municipalities of Ombadja and Cahama, in Angola’s Cunene Province, to tackle moderate and acute malnutrition in children – a situation exacerbated by last year’s drought.
“Our” Africa recently made an appearance in Baltimore, taking part in the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Annual Meeting, an international research gathering on pediatrics and neonatology, to share its findings on the Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) method as a decisive factor for improving the health of premature newborns in low-resource settings. Doctors with Africa CUAMM [...]
Saturday we all gathered around Pope Francis, together turning the spotlight on Africa.
Magdalene Awor is one of the midwives who works in the Lui Hospital, South Sudan. She dedicates the International Day of Midwife with a letter to her colleagues all over the world to celebrate their special job. Dear Colleagues, Greetings from South Sudan! The celebration of this Day all over the world reminds us [...]