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 […]
Drugs are defined as “any substance that alters normal neural activity or interrupts neural transmission”, according to Samuel Kule, Pharmacist and Head of Pharmacy at HEAL Africa. He spoke of this definition in light of International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. “At HEAL Africa’s hospital, at least one patient a month is treated […]
Secretary General of UN, Ban Ki-Moon speaks at the UN 24 June promoting new measures to halt violence against women. He referred to his visit to HEAL Africa in Goma and meetings he had with many of the women.
As part of this commemoration, a HEAL Africa team visited the internally displaced people’s (IDP’s) camp at Mugunga III where they direct relief activities to meet some of the needs of the IDP’s. HEAL Africa is focusing assistance on 600 households who are: people living with disabilities, people living with HIV, pregnant women, single women, […]
Dans le cadre de cette commemoration, une equipe de HEAL Africa a visitee le site des deplaces de Mugunga III ou l’Organisation mene des activites d’appui urgent a quelques categories de ces fugitifs. Il s’agit d’une aide a 600 deplaces vulnerables du camp de Mugunga III parmi lesquels: des personnes vivants avec handicap, les […]
<< The other surprising thing is to see that 5 other elder women have come to join the solidarity group installed here by HEAL Africa >> Affirmation of Mr. Evariste TSHISHIBANJI, Vice President of the Alaline market’s sellers committee in Goma on Friday, June 14. Speaking of the suffering that these people weakened by age […]