This last weekend there were violent clashes and intense protests in Ethiopia. Unfortunately, the results are an estimate of about 100 dead. CUAMM will keep working for the health of the people of Ethiopia despite the difficulty.
Solidarity abounds in Freetown: Cooperazione Italiana, the Prosolidar Foundation and the Cariparo Foundation are working with Cuamm to support the Princess Christian Maternity Hospital.
Tonight the Rio 2106 Olympics open. Cuamm is cheering with Africa, true to our values and in the spirit of taking part being what matters most.
Following the turmoil of the last few weeks, the latest e-mail from our director Don Dante Carraro explains the conditions that doctors, field workers, and patients are enduring. The situation remains delicate, and food and medicine is needed. We will stay true to the commitment we took ten years ago.
Saturday, 5 November 2016 (11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.) at the Gran Teatro Geox, Padua Special guests: Italian President Sergio Mattarella and Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin
The Durban International Conference on AIDS, "Access Equity Rights Now," came to a close the other day, attended by about 18,000 delegates.
Starting on August 1, we'll be able to count on the support of the Elton John AIDS Foundation to help the youth of Beira in the fight against AIDS. Our focus will be on raising awareness and peer education to encourage testing and combat the fear and stigma associated with HIV.
Tanzania has a very high rate of HIV/AIDS, 5% according to WHO estimates. Doctors with Africa Cuamm has been fighting against the disease here for over thirty years. Most recently we developed a pilot project focused on the "Test and Treat" model, adhering to new international guidelines.
Doctors with Africa Cuamm took part in the Congress of the Angolan Society of Diabetology. Attending were Doctors Eric Lonla, Joseph Nsuka and Sonia Ezaquiela, who are working on a project to improve diabetes and hypertension diagnoses in tuberculosis patients (TB).
After last week's clashes, a ceasefire has been called in Juba, and, for the first time, CUAMM's staff left the compound where they had been "hibernating" for several days. Valerio Granello describes the air of apparent calm, though the entire country is still wracked with tensions.