With 12 anaesthestists serving Guinea, West Africa's 13 million people, a partnership to help strengthen local anaesthesia capacity was a logical step for Mercy Ships. MORE INFO
Unsafe surgical care can cause harm, but Mercy Ships is equipping African healthcare professionals with essential surgical skills through their state-of-the-art training programs. The Essential Surgical Skills course on the Global Mercy hospital ship provides hands-on training using simulators for lifelike suturing simulations. Graduates then return to their hospitals, empowered to deliver safe surgical care in their communities MORE INFO
Elvis Ngwang’s Story Previous Next “We are bringing you to Dakar.” These were Elvis Ngwang’s absolute favorite words to tell patients in the months before the Africa Mercy® returned to Senegal. After leaving earlier than planned due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the hospital ship’s return in early 2022 was the fulfillment of a promise to hundreds […] MORE INFO
LIFE-SAVING POWER OF TRAINING Previous Next Dr Ngouatna is an anaesthetist working in critical care and emergency medicine. Already an experienced physician, he is based at Yaoundé Emergency Centre, and serves as a lecturer at the University of Yaoundé, in Cameroon. When the Africa Mercy® hospital ship traveled to his home country in 2017 to offer […] MORE INFO
Becoming Senegal’s First Previous Next Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon In Senegal, a nation of over 16 million people, there is currently not a single children’s orthopaedic surgeon. It’s a need that’s immense – and immediate. Without a local specialist, children with lower limb conditions in Senegal must wait for a doctor from another country to visit. […] MORE INFO
2023 Return To Sierra Leone Previous Next : Looking to the Future Mercy Ships has a long-lasting history reaching back more than 20 years with the West African nation of Sierra Leone. Next year, the organisation will add an exciting next chapter to this story. Upon invitation by the government of Sierra Leone, Mercy Ships […] MORE INFO
