Health
Projects
You can make a big difference in people's lives by volunteering
for one of our health or medical projects even if you
have little or no experience.
Sometimes
just comforting someone through illness can make the
world of difference.
People
the world over are in some sort of need for medical
attention. Depending on your experience, knowledge and
willingness to learn, you can play an important role
in healthcare of all types; from general medicine, nursing,
pharmacies, social work, clinics, caring for the elderly,
children?s hospitals or being a midwife. Although physically
and often emotionally taxing, volunteering for a medical
project is incredibly rewarding.
FAST
FACTS
According
to the World Health Organization (WHO), only 20% of
children with cancer have access to the resources they
need.
- Malaria epidemics kill more than 100,000 people of
all ages every year. is less intense.
- Africa is home to nearly 70% of all adults and 80%
of all children living with HIV/AIDS. Unless the world
succeeds in drastically expanding global prevention
efforts, an additional 55 million deaths can be expected
in Sub Saharan Africa by the year 2020.
- Six million children under the age of 5 die every
year as a result of hunger.
- In 2004, 14.6 million people had active TB and there
were 8.9 million new cases and 1.7 million deaths, mostly
in developing countries.
WHY
JOIN THESE PROGRAMMES?
-
To assist those in need by nursing them back to health
- Gain valuable experience in the medical field
- For the possibility of saving someone's life
- To help improve the situation for those less fortunate
- Incredibly rewarding
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