During a recent trip in June 2013 to Wamba, Oriental Province, a mobile urogynecology surgery team from HEAL Africa completed 103 repairs of vesico-vaginal fistula (VVF) and recto-vaginal (LIF). Among the treated patients, there were two Pygmy women. This is the first time that Pygmy women have benefitted from a fistula repair, based on over […]
Lors de son rĂ©cent sĂ©jour en juin 2013 Ă Wamba, Province Orientale, une Ă©quipe mobile de chirurgie uro-gynĂ©cologique de HEAL Africa a rĂ©alisĂ©Â 103 rĂ©parations des fistules vesico-vaginales (FVV) et recto-vaginale (FRV). Parmi les patientes soignĂ©es, il y avait deux femmes pygmĂ©es. Câest la premiĂšre fois que les femmes pygmĂ©es bĂ©nĂ©ficient dâune rĂ©paration de fistule, […]
“My father and mother died during the events that followed the war of liberation. I was a kid and one of my uncles agreed to take custody of me…”. », indicates Jules  two days after coming out of a coma due to abuses of a militia group active in North Kivu and to “hunger”.  This […]
âTo create a healing ministry which embraces the whole person in medical treatment and care facilitiesâ, that is the vision of the Clinical Pastoral Training given by Protestant Chaplains of the Democratic Republic of Congo, which began in Goma on June 28, 2013. The training will last five weeks. Why a training for pastors to […]
ââCrĂ©er un ministĂšre capable de contribuer à lâintĂ©gration globale de lâhumain dans le traitement mĂ©dical des maladesââ, telle est la vision de la formation  pastorale clinique des AumĂŽniers  protestants de la RĂ©publique dĂ©mocratique du Congo, ouverte Ă Goma le 28 juin 2013. Cette formation va sâĂ©tendre sur 5 semaines. Pourquoi une formation des aumĂŽniers […]