At St. Walburg’s Hospital in rural southern Tanzania, thousands of patients are treated every month who would otherwise have no access to healthcare. The Artemed Stiftung supports the hospital in fulfilling this important task. Every month, we receive a detailed report from the hospital management about the activities and development of our cooperation. Here is the information for the month of September.

Patient numbers:

From the hospital:

In September, five new people were hired in administration to meet the growing demand in the area of management.

Deployments:

We can report on several missions in September. Mr. and Mrs. Niewiera visited the hospital once again to provide support with their medical expertise and conduct on-site training. Midwife Ruth Handte, who has long been part of the gynecology team at Artemed Stiftung , was on site for the first time and was primarily responsible for working in the delivery room and introducing statistics. During her stay, she attended around 30 births. Petra Wehrle helped in the clinic's radiology department.

Community Healthcare and Outreach project:

As part of the Community Healthcare project, 1409 children were vaccinated in September. Together with the 'Gender based violence' project, 711 girls and young women were educated about proper nutrition for their families and about their rights. As part of the visits, 732 children were also given a preventive check-up - a truly remarkable number. This resulted in 41 cases of anemia and 86 cases of malnutrition in children under the age of five. The children concerned were taken to hospital for treatment.