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The African Mission Healthcare Foundation supports faith-based healthcare providers across the continent.
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The problem is that bright spot on the right
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What is the link?
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This image is the brain CT scan of the daughter of one of our nurses at Partners in Hope in Malawi.
Why am I sharing this image? Because it shows an infected artery in the brain, a lesion which caused a stroke and left the young woman barely able to speak or move.
She was admitted to our hospital ward, which had been renovated with a generous gift from one of our supporters. There she rapidly improved, began walking on her own and her speech has almost returned to normal.
She will need 6 weeks of high-dose injectable antibiotics--medicines which we now have in ample supply thanks to the generosity of AMHF's contributors--LIKE YOU!
When she was admitted to the large government hospital in another city, she did not receive the medicine because there was none. She just deteriorated until her mother brought her to our hospital.
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Before (middle) and after (top, bottom)
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A new lab
Nkhoma Hospital is a wonderful old rural general mission hospital about an hour away from Lilongwe, Malawi. Malaria and a host of other problems haunt the population.
An antique and dilapidated laboratory did not help. Blood donors had to walk past specimen areas, TB patients coughed into the poorly ventilated room. A colleague described it as like "having a lab in your garage."
A grant from AMHF made it possible for Nkhoma to renovate the lab--now a bright, clean, enlarged and well-ventilated space!
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Finishing our 2nd Full Year!
Dear Friends,
Because of your generosity, AMHF has supported care for over 80,000 people across the continent in 2012. We funded surgical and nurse education as well as HIV clinical training programs. And we provided more than a half million dollars for infrastructure. For a review of supported projects in 2012, view this presentation.
We are thrilled to announce a significant expansion of activities in South Sudan. Seven new partners will receive support from AMHF. Please read on below.
Would you consider making a year-end gift? We are especially seeking additional resources to fund pediatric surgeries and corrective procedures in Tanzania and Kenya.
Serving with you,
Jon Fielder, MD
CEO
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South Sudan
Rebuilding a country's health system
Last year, AMHF began supporting the primary health center in Doro, Upper Nile State, in the new nation of South Sudan. The work there has grown considerably with the influx of 80,000 refugees. A maternity is due to open soon.
Because of these successful efforts, a generous donor has committed to support further expansion of health services in 2013. We are pleased to introduce the following new partners of AMHF in South Sudan:
- In Deed and Truth Clinic: Primary health care
- Memorial Christian Hospital: Inpatient, outpatient, and surgical care
- World Gospel Mission: Will assist these two facilities, send surgical teams, train community health workers, and perform cataract operations
- Mother of Mercy Hospital: Busy general hospital attending to high volume of trauma
- Catholic Medical Mission Board: Safe motherhood initiative with goal of reducing maternal-child mortality
- Sudan Medical Relief: Infectious diseases clinic specializing in TB and the parasitic disease Kala-azar; read more about its famous physician, a winner of the Macarthur "Genius" Award
- Kijabe Hospital, Kenya: Will train South Sudanese nurses to become anesthetists, assisting in C-sections and other life-saving surgeries
Over the next three years we anticipate this work will make possible:
- 130,000 outpatient visits
- 6,800 hospital patient visit
- 6,000 pregnant women and newborn children
- 4,000 surgeries
- 1,950 cataract operations and 1,250 other patients with eye diseases treated
- 1,250 victims of the deadly parasitic disease kala azar
For more about these projects, watch this brief presentation:
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How to Help
As with our past efforts, this work is only possible through the kindness and generosity of our friends.
AMHF is a 501(c)3 entity and may receive contributions in its name and issue tax-deductible receipts. View our 990 form here. Checks may be made out to African Mission Healthcare Foundation. Gifts may be sent to: Heritage Christian Church Attention: April Walters 7413 Maxtown Road Westerville, OH 43082 Or donate by credit card via AMHF's page on Razoo. No administrative charges are applied by AMHF to your gift. A generous donor covers our small administrative expenses. We are grateful for the donated administrative support of Heritage Christian Church. Razoo does apply a 2.9% credit card processing fee for gifts through its site.  | |
Cleft lip, before and after surgery at the Arusha Lutheran Medical Center, Tanzania. AMHF supports the cost of operations and rehabilitation.
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