Aisha Hamisi, a dedicated community mobilizer with USAID’s CORE Group Partners Project, works tirelessly to educate and encourage residents of Nairobi’s Kamukunji suburb to vaccinate their children against preventable diseases.
Breast cancer survivors in Kitengela, Kenya received free prosthetics and post-mastectomy bras from the Noonkopir Afya Foundation in partnership with Mercy Steps Program.
“The HPV (human papillomavirus) Testing & Treatment Mobile Clinic is the first of its kind to bring the most advanced cervical cancer prevention technology out of the healthcare facility and directly into the community.”
Most of the plastic surgery residents in the training program are unpaid and come from poor families. They cannot afford expensive surgical equipment that other surgeons rely on. Our mission included the donation of much needed supplies.
‘In Senegal, people with HIV are subject to harsh discrimination. Mothers are hiding. They don’t want to be seen entering this pavilion. They are afraid to go to the pharmacy. They refuse to be followed up in their neighbourhood. As a result, many children living with the disease are not being detected.’