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In July 2024, AHA Founder & Vice President Dr. Baker Henson joined Dr. Nelson Msiskah from Kamuzu Central Hospital and Kabudula’s staff for four intense days of surgical camp at Kabudula Community Hospital.
Together, they completed a very impressive 70 surgical procedures! Read on to meet Patson, Thandie, and Felida, three patients who had goiters surgically removed from their necks.
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Greetings, friends, volunteers, and supporters!
We write to you from Malawi, where we just wrapped up seven very successful days of surgery at Mitundu Community Hospital… and we have two more days to go! But we need YOU! After treating 155 patients while our international team was on the ground last week, we decided to extend our surgical camp so that the local team at Mitundu can treat 100+ patients from our waiting list!
Read on for an update - thank you for being a supporter!
Read moreTakondwa is a 14-year-old girl who is currently attending middle school in the next town after Kabudula. She developed a cyst on her hand last year that became so painful she could not properly carry anything.
Read moreWiseman, age 11, suffered from a hydrocele for many months which caused him a lot of pain and absenteeism from school. He visited his nearest health center twice, and then Bwaila Hospital in Lilongwe, but the condition was not resolved…
Read moreFour-year-old Carolyn, rode with her mother to the nearest health center when a large cyst on the back of her leg began making it difficult to walk. There was no equipment or materials to do the operation at the health center. so…
Read moreKelvin is a 53-year-old farmer who lives in a very remote area, but he is proud of his livestock collection which currently includes 11 goats, 12 ducks, 35 chickens, and 56 doves.
Read moreJudith is a farmer at Ndaula who lives in a mud-brick house with a grass roof. She owns a bicycle and one chicken. Her home is 40 minutes from the nearest health center and also 40 minutes from the nearest source of electricity, which is a barber shop near her community. She collects water from a nearby borehole for use at home. Ndaula is located near Dzalanyama Forest Reserve on the Mozambique border with Malawi, which is a long distance on difficult roads from any of the referral centers.
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We aren’t even three months into 2022 and AHA has already impacted more than 100 individuals and families facing difficult medical and life circumstances. We have an exciting international trip planned in April and BIG plans for the rest of the year.
Read moreLet’s reflect on 2021 by revisiting some of our sponsored patients of this year…
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