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News

Mary Becoming mother in South Sudan

Mary is a 29-year-old South-Sudanese woman, who had to travel several miles in order to deliver, with many discomforts to bear.
The history has been taken by Peninah Nalubega, who, as she wrote, “is an Ugandan by nationality and a midwife by profession, working in Lui Hospital as an employee of CUAMM”.

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Events

A waiting room New York

Photographic exhibition by Kasia Ciechanowska at the Headquarters of the United Nations in New York, about women condition in Tanzania.
Realized during the 59th session of the “Commission on the Status of Women”.

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Events

Annual Meeting 2014 – Turin

“Mothers and children first. The last mile towards the future” was the title of our annual meeting, happened in Turin on 29th of November 2014.

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Events

Annual Meeting 2013 – Milan

“Mothers and children first. Stories and protagonists” was the title of our annual meeting, held in Milan at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart on 16th of November 2013.

Events

Annual Meeting 2012 – Rome

“Mothers and children first. Initial steps: innovation and research” was the title of our annual meeting, held in Rome on 15th of December 2012.

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Events

Annual Meeting 2011 – Padua

“Mothers and children first. Free access to safe delivery and neonatal care” was the title of our annual meeting, held in Padua on 5th of November 2011.

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In Africa

Mothers and children first

A project to ensure free access to safe delivery and infant care in Africa: 4 countries, 4 hospitals, 22 peripheral health facilities, 1.300.000 inhabitants involved. Just one claim: “Mothers and children first”, because we want to guarantee mother-child health in Africa.

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Our history

Uganda Our history

The intervention of Doctors with Africa CUAMM in Uganda started in 1958. It has been a long work, that still goes on, for the health of all the population, but in particular for mothers and children.

In Africa

Our work in Uganda

Fighting HIV/AIDS, malnutrition and tuberculosis, assuring maternal and neonatal care and training local health workers: some of the goals of Doctors with Africa CUAMM.

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