DeckerMed Africa Trust will hosted a meeting in Embu Town to reveal details of its new Outreach Camps devoted to Neglected Women’s Diseases on Sunday 21 st January 2024. The meeting for the launch of Neglected Women’s diseases was well attended and represented by major stakeholders including county government representatives for Meru, Embu and Tharaka-Nithi…
Today marks an exciting chapter for DeckerMed Africa Trust as we welcome Esther Baraga into the organization. Esther will serve as Director Development and Human Resources. Ms Baraga brings extensive experience in business development and human resources. ‘‘I am thrilled to be working alongside a dynamic team of professionals and contributing to the growth…
DeckerMed Outreach Camps Meru County September 4 and 5, 2023 DeckerMed Africa Trust continued with its Outreach Camps on September 4th and 5th with camps at Nthakira and Ngonyi in Meru County. Working with the Ministry of Health in each instance, DeckerMed deployed clinical teams to assess, treat and refer patients with surgical, women’s and…
When Faith went into labour with her first child in a village with no midwife or health facility, the nearest hospital is 30 minutes away. After a prolonged, painful and obstructed labour, Faith gave birth to a healthy girl. Soon afterward she started leaking urine which developed into obstetric fistula. Faith isolated herself due to…
Patient 89, a 53-year-old woman with abdominal pain reported being operated SEVEN TIMES previously for a hernia. Physical exam and ultrasound confirmed adhesions and mesh migration. DeckerMed referred her to MeruTeaching & Referral Hospital where surgery was performed by Dr. Elias Nyaga. “The hernia was repaired with Prolene mesh and the abdominal wall was reconstructed.…
We are pleased to announce the promotion of Angela Ndegwa to Programs Coordinator for DeckerMed Africa Trust. The new position recognizes Angela’s keen awareness and experience in overseeing our Outreach Camps on the one hand and her central role in organizing Global Surgery on the other. The Programs Coordinator position consolidates the management of DeckerMed…
2023 -2024 Season DeckerMed Africa Trust began its Outreach Camps season on June 26 with camps in Meru and Embu Counties. Working with the Ministry of Health in each instance, DeckerMed deployed clinical teams to assess, treat and refer patients with surgical, women’s and ophthalmic diseases. “We treat patients gratis or refer them to our…
DeckerMed Africa Trust and East, Central and Southern Africa College of Physicians (ECSACOP) have just realized a major objective: We have published the first review in Medicine that was revised by an ECSACOP resident. Wezzie Kamanga, MD, a PGY3 trainee at Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe, Malawi, updated the important review on HIV Prevention, originally…
DeckerMed Africa Trust will host a two-day Conference on Shock Trauma: Transformative Change February 7th and 8th 2023. The Keynote Speaker will be Thomas M Scalea, Physician-in-Chief, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center. Other Speakers Awale Abdullahi; Surgical Society of Somali Cliff Asher Aliga; African Federation of Critical Care Nurses and ECSACONM Gladwell Gethecha; Ministry of…
DeckerMed Africa Trust is pleased to announce that it will operate the Meru 2.0 Surgery Outreach 2022 initiative beginning the week of May 2nd. It will cover 3 sub-counties in Meru County. CHVs will be assisted by Surgical residents and Clinical officers in examining the extremities of: Hernia, Obstetric fistula and Unrepaired trauma NSD…