Kenya

Surgical services needed in Kenya

In much of Africa there is only one fully trained surgeon to every million people. Most surgeons are concentrated in the major cities caring for the wealthy and upper middle classes. Training African surgeons in Africa is the surest way to prepare African surgeons for the unique challenges they will face.

Through a partnership with the Pan-African Academy of Christian Surgeons (PAACS), our volunteers provide training to surgical residents of multiple hospitals throughout Africa. Medical Teams International sends teams to provide quality surgical services to the poor in Kenya.

Our Work

We sent our first team to northern Kenya in 1992 during the Somalian conflict to provide health services for Somalian refugees living in northern Kenya. In 2001, Medical Teams International sent a nutrition team to work in partnership with World Concern on a famine relief project. In 2007, we funded a home-based care and support project for people living with HIV and AIDS in collaboration with our partner, Christian Missionary Fellowship-Narok Health Ministries.

In 2009, we began sending teams to PAACS programs at Kijabe Hospital. We plan to send two volunteer teams to Kijabe Hospital to train surgical residents this year. Courses for resident surgeons include hands-on and lecture-based training.

Physicians with specialties in general surgery, orthopedics, oncology, ophthalmology, urology, plastic surgery, ENT, pediatric surgery and neurosurgery, among other specialties are still needed to volunteer for these teams.

Our Partners

Kijabe Hospital in Kenya
Pan-African Academy of Christian Surgeons

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