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Feb 25, 2022

In Memoriam: Remembering Drs. Paul Farmer and Mark Jacobson

This week saw the unexpected passing in Rwanda of one of the true giants of global medicine, Dr. Paul Farmer, co-founder of the respected humanitarian medical organization Partners in Health and a pioneer in the treatment of tuberculosis and HIV in resource-limited settings. …

Paul Farmer

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Paul Farmer

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Sep 24, 2021

Largest private gift ever to Christian medical missions — at least $20M — given by Rabbi Erica and Mark Gerson, in conjunction with UBS

Largest private gift ever to Christian medical missions — at least $20M — given by Rabbi Erica and Mark Gerson, in conjunction with UBS Press Release: The KAIROS Company for Mark Gerson and African Mission Healthcare Sept. 22, 2021 NEW YORK — African Mission Healthcare expresses gratitude to Jewish…

Africa

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Africa

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Dec 12, 2020

On the COVID-19 Ward in Kenya

In August and September, I worked at Kijabe Hospital, something I hadn’t done since 2006. Most of the time was spent on the respiratory (COVID-19) ward. The level of care and the change from a decade and a half ago impressed me. Particularly striking was the clinical competence of a…

Africa

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On the COVID-19 Ward in Kenya
On the COVID-19 Ward in Kenya
Africa

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May 27, 2020

Don’t Send Ventilators

They require systems Africa often lacks We didn’t know why the 20-year-old woman with extremely low oxygen levels had pneumonia in both her lungs. She wasn’t HIV-infected and didn’t look malnourished. Exposure to indoor air pollution — yet another life hazard for rural African women — was a possible cause. …

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Don’t Send Ventilators
Don’t Send Ventilators

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Mar 21, 2020

Bracing for the coronavirus in Africa

Three weeks ago at Maua Methodist Hospital in Kenya a one and a half year old baby was admitted with months of fevers. A pediatrician some hours away had been caring for him, so we had little knowledge about what had been done previously. The child developed seizures and then…

Africa

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Bracing for the coronavirus in Africa
Bracing for the coronavirus in Africa
Africa

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Nov 18, 2019

Mission Hospital Teaching Network Pioneer Sites

AMH Announces Selection of First Mission Teaching Hospitals to Receive 10-year, $2.5 Million Award to Bolster Medical Education AMH is pleased to share that Kibuye Hospital in Burundi and Nkhoma Hospital in Malawi are the first two institutions selected to receive decade-long support under the L’Chaim Initiative’s Mission Hospital Teaching…

Healthcare

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Mission Hospital Teaching Network Pioneer Sites
Mission Hospital Teaching Network Pioneer Sites
Healthcare

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May 10, 2019

Africa Notes: Measuring Progress

Battling disease in Kenya, Malawi, Burundi and South Sudan When working in Malawi, I used to say the country was two generations behind Kenya medically: fewer hospitals, doctors, nurses, oxygen tanks, labs. Fewer everything. Visiting South Sudan, my Kenyan colleague surveyed the lack of development and said, “This is Kenya…

Health

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Africa Notes: Measuring Progress
Africa Notes: Measuring Progress
Health

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Oct 12, 2018

2018 Gerson L’Chaim Prize Laureate

12 October 2018 African Mission Healthcare announces Dr. Rick Sacra of ELWA Hospital as winner of its annual Gerson L’Chaim Prize for Outstanding Christian Medical Mission Service — Dr. Rick Sacra, Ebola virus survivor, will use the $500,000 award to train health workers and improve hospital infrastructure at ELWA Hospital…

Ebola

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2018 Gerson L’Chaim Prize Laureate
2018 Gerson L’Chaim Prize Laureate
Ebola

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Jun 29, 2018

Nkhoma Mission Hospital to receive AMH-CBN funds

Catherine Crawford, Family Medicine Specialist at Nkhoma Mission Hospital in Malawi, shares how the funds from the AMH-CBN Matching grant will be used to improve the training of Family Medicine Registrars, and thus, the country at large. These funds will pay for three additional houses for the new family medicine…

Healthcare

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Healthcare

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May 21, 2018

Nuba Notes

May 2018 Dear Friend of Dr. Catena, She had been pushing against a closed birth canal for a full day. In her remote village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan, only traditional birth attendants were available to assist women in labor — and they do not know how to check…

Sudan

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Nuba Notes
Nuba Notes
Sudan

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