Our History A long journey
Founded in 1950, Doctors with Africa CUAMM has been the first non-government organization focused on healthcare recognized by the Italian government.
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1970s – Growing and evolving
This decade saw the beginnings of country programs and bilateral agreements between the Italian government and countries such as Uganda, Tanzania and Mozambique.
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1980s and 1990s – A step backwards
Doctors with Africa CUAMM had grown over time. There was now a need to find ways to become self-financing, and to let more people know about the organization and its objective: making free health care available and accessible to the world’s poorest.
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1960s – A turning point
The 1960s was a pivotal period in twentieth-century history, one that influenced people everywhere, including CUAMM’s doctors and the way they envisioned their work.
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Today Facing new challenges
Doctors with Africa CUAMM’s journey continues, in our quest to make free healthcare available and accessible to the communities we serve abroad.
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1950s – The beginnings
Formerly known as the University College for Aspiring Missionary Doctors, Doctors with Africa CUAMM was founded in 1950 by Francesco Canova, previously a missionary doctor in Jordan. Monsignor Girolamo Bortignon, the Bishop of Padua, immediately lent his support to Canova and the project.
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Uganda Our history
The intervention of Doctors with Africa CUAMM in Uganda started in 1958. It has been a long work, that still goes on, for the health of all the population, but in particular for mothers and children.
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Tanzania Our history
Doctors with Africa CUAMM has been working in Tanzania since 1968. During several years of intervention, the organisation had to fight against HIV/AIDS, malaria and malnutrition. Today the project "Mothers and children first" aims to guarantee free access to health services for future mothers and their babies.
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South Sudan Our history
Following its autonomy in 2011, a profound political crisis broke out in South Sudan at the end of 2013: Doctors with Africa CUAMM never left le country.
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Sierra Leone Our history
The history of Doctors with Africa Cuamm in Sierra Leone is not so long: it began in 2012, but in 2014 the physicians had to face with the biggest Ebola epidemic ever seen.