Mercy Ships’ Education, Training, and Advocacy (ETA) department is supporting a new program aimed at reducing surgical infection rates at Connaught Hospital in Freetown, Sierra Leone. As a component of its Safer Surgery program, 20 nurses are attending a two-week,...
In a groundbreaking effort to strengthen the anaesthesia care workforce in Sierra Leone, Mercy Ships has partnered with the Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and the University of Sierra Leone to establish the Nurse Anaesthesia Diploma Program. The initiative aims to...
Running a hospital isn’t an easy task — it takes leaders carefully orchestrating a sea of moving parts to keep operations running smoothly. Matron Betsy Deen is that person at Connaught Hospital’s surgical department in Freetown, Sierra Leone. During Mercy Ships’...
“This field service is special for me. This is my contribution to my country,” shared Edward Carew, a volunteer Engine Rating from Sierra Leone. “There is no better job in this world than seeing the lives of other people transformed through the work I do here on Mercy...
There was great cause for celebration in Sierra Leone on 14 August! The world's largest civilian hospital ship, the Global Mercy™, was welcomed back to Freetown in a partnership between Mercy Ships and the Ministry of Health. In this field service, Mercy Ships will...
Jessica Bency, a 24-year-old woman from Madagascar, works with the Mercy Ships communications team on board the Africa Mercy® as a translator. Her journey to becoming an interpreter was a unique one from the start. Not only did she have the remarkable determination to...