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Partnership in Medical care, Education and church-based community transformation in Africa

Building local capacity to improve patient care in the fields of surgery and laboratory medicine in Malawi,

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community development training in Mozambique, Kenya and Malawi

What we have been able to achieve together so far

 

As of 2026

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Chirurgische Versorgngslücke

Malawi: 50 Chirurgen für 22 Mio. Menschen

Deutschland: 11.167 Chirurgen pro 22 Mio. Menschen (umgerechnet)

Training

 

8

Resident doctors in the training program

 

 

 

 

We expect to graduate our first specialist surgeon by the end of 2026

Patient care

 

2,000

Operations per year

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This includes complex abdominal surgery and laparoscopy.

Training objective

 

2

new specialist surgeons per year

 

 

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After 10 years: 20 new specialist surgeons increase the number of specialist surgeons in Malawi to 40%

Patient care

 

2,000

Operations per year

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This includes complex abdominal surgery and laparoscopy.

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Durchschnittliche Fehlerrate

30 - 50%

bei quantitativen Labortests

LabAnalytics Academy

 

12

Laboratories enrolled in our quality improvement programme

 

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We provide medical laboratories with our own analytical software, training programmes and specialist publications.

Impact

 

99.9989%

Error reduction

 

 

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Laboratories achieve significant improvements in quality, enabling better patient care.

Patient care

 

Demand met

Availability of blood products

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From severe shortages to a reliable supply that meets demand.

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Teilnehmer pro Jahr

Education

Construction and operation of an accredited secondary school for 150 disadvantaged students in Malawi

Nutrition programmes

One protein-rich meal per day for more than 300 undernourished children in Malawi and Mozambique

Child protection

Running a safe house and support for particularly vulnerable children in Malawi

Ernährungssicherheit

Courses in sustainable, organic farming and animal welfare in livestock farming

Our Partners

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Spendenkonto

 

actMED e. V.

Bank für Kirche und Diakonie

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IBAN: DE06 3506 0190 1011 1080 12

BIC: GENODED1DKD

Copyright 2015 actMED [accompanied church-based community transformation, Medical care and EDucation] 

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