Dr. David Thomas
Johns Hopkins University, Professor of Medicine
Our Impact
Our mission is to strengthen mission hospitals to help people in greatest need. We envision an African continent filled with enduring and improving health systems where everyone has access to quality, compassionate healthcare.
We hold ourselves and our partners accountable to transform lives and achieve lasting impact. African Mission Healthcare's initiatives provide phenomenal returns on philanthropic investment – something we see every day as communities burdened by HIV infection return to life, regions wracked by conflict have their wounds bound, and vulnerable women and children receive dignified care.
Our ROI: Return on Investment
We measure ROI not in dollars but in lives changed: more children growing up healthy and strong; more mothers living to care for them; more people receiving surgery because of expanded capacity. Since African Mission Healthcare’s inception in 2010, your generous investments have helped us achieve results like the following:
- 80% reduction in maternal mortality at African Mission Healthcare-supported emergency C-section sites in Uganda, compared to the national average.
- 90% reduction in C-section-related mortality compared to the continental average.
- 40% reduction in neonatal mortality at African Mission Healthcare-supported emergency C-section program in Uganda, compared to the East African average.
- According to collaborators at Duke University, surgery to prevent a year of disability costs just $67 at Gidel Hospital in the Nuba Mountains
- 99% success rate in our Surgical Access for Everyone program.
A Surgical Force
Surgical deaths rates are many times higher in Africa than in the West. Only 5% of Africans who need surgery actually get it. Africa requires more than 20 times the current surgical workforce. To train the next generation of medical professionals, we need strong teaching hospitals. African Mission Healthcare is making that happen through our Mission Hospital Teaching Network and by training surgical personnel, including:
- 20 surgeons
- 53 anesthesiologists and nurse anesthetists
- 41 ICU staff
- Hosting the annual national Kenya nurse anesthetist conference
Stories of Hope
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