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Video News Release: Guinea's Sole Public Dental School Unveils Expanded Training Facility to Revolutionize Dental Care across West Africa

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Mercy Ships (www.MercyShips.Africa) inaugurated a modern Dental Care Training Center at Gamal Abdel Nasser University in Conakry, Guinea, aimed at enhancing healthcare education in West Africa. This initiative supports sustainable training for future dentists and strengthens partnerships to improve dental care in underserved regions.

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    • Dr. David Ugai, Director of Mercy Ships Guinea, to his left Guinea's Minister of Higher Education Alpha Bacar Barry
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Guinea's Sole Public Dental School Unveils Expanded Training Facility to Revolutionize Dental Care Across West Africa

The expansion created 30 simulation stations along with 22 dental chairs for patient care and created new labs for practical training and dental prosthodontics

Guinea’s only public dental school celebrated the grand opening of its state-of-the-art training facility, which more than doubles capacity for dental students to learn, practice and treat patients while addressing the critical gap in accessing dental care. The new 1500m sq plus expansion at Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry…

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Transforming Dental Training: From Guinea into the Continent of Africa (By Dr. David Ugai)

The expansion of the clinic and the addition of practical training facilities are critical in addressing the challenges faced by dental schools in Africa

By Dr. David Ugai, Country Director for Guinea, Mercy Ships (www.MercyShips.org). Just days away from the opening of a new training facility at Guinea’s only dental school on September 25th that will more than double its capacity, Dr. David Ugai reflects on the transformative journey he and the Université Gamal…

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Back to school: Headteacher returns after melon-sized tumor that forced him to quit removed by surgical charity

The sheer mass of the tumor also made it difficult for him to rest his head comfortably, so he was sleep-deprived

A headteacher who had to quit his job after a melon-size tumor grew on his face was greeted with open arms as he returned to the classroom after receiving transformational surgery from charity Mercy Ships (www.MercyShips.org). Grandfather Auguste, 64, spent six long years away from his school in Senegal after…

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    • Her Excellency, Dr. Fatima Maada Bio, First Lady of Sierra Leone, and Honorable Dr. Jalikatu Mustapha enjoying the hospital tour given by Captain Taylor Perez and Dr. Sandra Lako (1)
    • Her Excellency, Dr. Fatima Maada Bio, First Lady of Sierra Leone, and Honorable Dr. Jalikatu Mustapha enjoying the hospital tour given by Captain Taylor Perez and Dr. Sandra Lako (2)
    • Sahr, the first patient of the 2024-25 field service in Sierra Leone, with Divine Acha, Preoperative Nurse from Cameroon
    • Police officer first to receive surgery as hospital ship returns to Sierra Leone to deliver life-transforming surgical care and training (1)
    • Dr. Bill Brown and Dr. Timothy Burandt, General Surgeons, perform surgery on the first patient of the 2024-25 field service in Sierra Leone with the help of Daena Vaz Viegas, Operating Room Nurse
    • Police officer first to receive surgery as hospital ship returns to Sierra Leone to deliver life-transforming surgical care and training (2)
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Police officer first to receive surgery as hospital ship returns to Sierra Leone to deliver life-transforming surgical care and training

Sierra Leone’s First Lady, Dr. Fatima Maada Bio, was amongst 300 distinguished guests and partners who welcomed the hospital ship back into Freetown last week

A 32-year-old police officer became the first patient to receive life-transforming surgery on board Mercy Ships’ hospital ship (www.MercyShips.org) yesterday as the vessel returned to Sierra Leone to deliver a further 1,400-plus surgeries over the next 10 months. Father-of-one, Sahr, had been suffering since the age of 20 from a…

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Girl, 14, has life-saving treatment to remove facial tumor and dreams of becoming a doctor

Without the timely surgery, the tumor would likely have continued to grow to the point of causing airway obstructions, and ultimately, death by suffocation

A 14-year-old girl from Sierra Leone is free to follow her dreams of becoming a doctor after having a facial tumor removed by international health charity Mercy Ships (www.MercyShips.com) Without the timely surgery, the tumor would likely have continued to grow to the point of causing airway obstructions, and ultimately,…

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    • Dr. Sandra Lako, Mercy Ships Country Director for Sierra Leone and Minister of Health Dr Austin Demby, both in the press release welcoming the ship
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Hospital ship returns to Sierra Leone to deliver life-changing surgeries over the next ten months

The ship's return followed an invitation from President Julius Maada Bio for Mercy Ships to extend their stay to continue supporting the delivery of safe surgery and training in Sierra Leone

The world’s largest civilian hospital ship, the Global Mercy™, was welcomed back to Freetown yesterday in a partnership between international charity Mercy Ships (www.MercyShips.org) and the Government of Sierra Leone to deliver more than 1,400 life-transforming surgeries and continued training opportunities for Sierra Leonean healthcare workers.   The Global Mercy departed…

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A weight off his back: Farmer, 53, can sleep on his back for the first 15 in years after tumor removal

Finally free from the weight he had long carried, Fidisoa would now be able to live a normal life

A father of three can sleep comfortably on his back for the first time in 15 years after having a massive tumor – weighing 11lbs (5kgs) – removed by surgical charity Mercy Ships (www.MercyShips.org). Malagasy builder and rice farmer Fidisoa was 38 when what appeared to be a tiny pimple…

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    • Mercy Ships Patient Selection Team from Nigeria, Senegal, Malawi, Netherlands, New Zealand, Kenya, Madagascar, Ghana prepare to go on a MAF plane in Madagascar for field consultation to assess patients
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By land, air, and sea: Hospital ship and aviation charities renew partnership to bring life-changing surgery to patients to remote African regions

This partnership, launched in Madagascar, will enable teams to access hard-to-reach areas and transport patients in need of critical surgical interventions

Humanitarian aid organizations Mercy Ships (www.MercyShips.org) and Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) have renewed their partnership to help bring life-changing surgical care to isolated communities across Africa. Mercy Ships operates state-of-the-art hospital ships, providing free surgeries and healthcare services to sub-Saharan nations with limited access to safe surgical care. MAF’s purpose…

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Boy, 12, reunites with hospital ship that transformed his life a decade ago as it returns to provide more surgeries

Mercy Ships hospital ship is docked in the port of Toamasina, where Romino went onboard, delivering more than 1,000 new surgeries and training to in country medical professionals in 2024

A boy who had his legs straightened by a health charity ten years ago has been back onboard the ship that transformed his life as it returned to his home country to offer more free life-changing surgeries. Romino, now 12, was just a toddler when his legs started to bow.…