“Can’t you really see me, Grandma?” After Delphine lost her sight, her three-year-old grandson often asked her the question. When they walked together, he would gently take her hand and guide her forward. At mealtimes, her daughter, Noronette, carefully placed food in...
In Anjiro, a rural village in western Madagascar, families are known for many things. Some are known for farming, others for craftsmanship, generosity, or faith. But for years, Haja’s family was known for something else. Their name became attached to their children....
Most Australians have never heard of obstetric fistula. Yet this serious childbirth injury affects thousands of women across parts of Africa and other low-resource regions every year. It develops when prolonged, obstructed labour goes without medical intervention, and...
Identical Twin Nurses have Patients Seeing Double on Hospital Ship in Madagascar Identical twin nurses from Germany — who volunteer on board the Africa Mercy® and work together at the same hospital in Switzerland — often have patients thinking they are seeing double....
Vision loss remains one of the most widespread yet preventable health challenges facing communities across the developing world. According to the World Health Organisation, an estimated 2.2 billion people globally live with some form of vision impairment or blindness,...
“I’m healed from inside, not just from outside... that’s the most important thing.” Sitting after work in his red deck crew uniform, Sheku Conteh scrolls through old photos of himself. The images take him back to a chapter of his life he has never forgotten. Sheku was...