A women-led task force has been formed in Moldova to strengthen capacities on neonatal emergencies and stabilization among health professionals and thereby deliver quality maternal and newborn services throughout the country.
CUAMM and University of Bari collaborated on a research project focusing on malaria in pregnancy and drug resistance, conducted in one of the countries most severely affected by the disease. The results of two years of work were presented in Kampala.
The right to health and the right to education are one to Martha who is a woman and a midwife in South Sudan where 92% of the deliveries are not assisted by qualified health personnel and therefore the country records one of the highest maternal mortality rate in the world.
Before the umpteenth carnage of innocent people, we join those calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
The Russia-Ukraine war has just entered its third year, marking a grim milestone in the history of Europe. CUAMM is keeping up its commitment to support the civilians in Ukraine as it does in the numerous yet unnoticed war theatres in Africa.
Since 2016, Jerry Ictho has been Senior Technical Advisor for Cuamm in Uganda, his home country, where «I stay and work to do my part and have an impact on those health indicators that I have seen improve over the last ten years».
A official visit to Moldova’s capital Chisinau guided by CUAMM’s team to see first-hand the support provided to meet refugees’ needs and foster host communities resilience and preparedness during the emergency.
Three young men and the common dream of becoming doctors to serve their community. To chase that dream, they are now being trained at the PEN-Plus clinic in Pujehun working side by side with Silvia, CUAMM JPO and resident in internal medicine.
Cameroon is the world’s first country to roll out the malaria immunization campaign: 4 doses must be administered. Transforming vaccine into immunization will be a major challenge.