During a recent trip in June 2013 to Wamba, Oriental Province, a mobile urogynecology surgery team from HEAL Africa completed 103 repairs of vesico-vaginal fistula (VVF) and recto-vaginal (LIF). Among the treated patients, there were two Pygmy women. This is the first time that Pygmy women have benefitted from a fistula repair, based on over […]
Lors de son récent séjour en juin 2013 à Wamba, Province Orientale, une équipe mobile de chirurgie uro-gynécologique de HEAL Africa a réalisé 103 réparations des fistules vesico-vaginales (FVV) et recto-vaginale (FRV). Parmi les patientes soignées, il y avait deux femmes pygmées. C’est la première fois que les femmes pygmées bénéficient d’une réparation de fistule, […]
“My father and mother died during the events that followed the war of liberation. I was a kid and one of my uncles agreed to take custody of me…”. », indicates Jules two days after coming out of a coma due to abuses of a militia group active in North Kivu and to “hunger”. This […]
“To create a healing ministry which embraces the whole person in medical treatment and care facilities”, that is the vision of the Clinical Pastoral Training given by Protestant Chaplains of the Democratic Republic of Congo, which began in Goma on June 28, 2013. The training will last five weeks. Why a training for pastors to […]
‘’Créer un ministère capable de contribuer à l’intégration globale de l’humain dans le traitement médical des malades’’, telle est la vision de la formation pastorale clinique des Aumôniers protestants de la République démocratique du Congo, ouverte à Goma le 28 juin 2013. Cette formation va s’étendre sur 5 semaines. Pourquoi une formation des aumôniers […]