With a population of almost 8.5 million, Sierra Leone only has 0.7 doctors for every 10,000 people, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). The density of nurses in the country is 2.04 for every 10,000, worsening each year. When it comes to dentists, the...
All his friends and family know 23-year-old Alex as someone you can count on. He’s kind and considerate, always going above and beyond to take care of his loved ones. This made it even more devastating for the whole community when Alex began developing a...
Mercy Ships is preparing for the next wave of life-changing surgeries and education in Madagascar! The Africa Mercy® is slated to return to the port city of Toamasina in February 2025 to continue her work in delivering free surgical care after she departs for her...
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....
As volunteers on international charity Mercy Ships' early voyages, Åsa and Lars Gisel were not merely witnesses to its history; they were active participants in its making. At 21, Åsa had just graduated as a nurse in Sweden and...
“From my own experience with Anna, I have a heart for the patients and their caregivers. I have been on side of not knowing whether my child would be able to have the right medical care.” It’s been almost two decades since Merryl Mackenzie, now 65 years old, began her...