Executive Director Kelly Hadfield, Public Health Specialist Victoria Wells, Researcher Mazen El-Baba, and Photojournalist Hazel Vint were visiting Northern Ghana this summer for equipment delivery, research, hospital placement programs, and equipment training.
Thanks to Hazel Vint Photography for capturing these photos of the team in Ghana.
Packing Complete, Next Stop Ghana!
Packing Complete, Next Stop Ghana!Thank you to the many people who generously donated their time and energy to help pack over 4,000 lbs of medical equipment. This equipment is now on its way to Northern Ghana Hospitals.Coming next: Updates from GMH Volunteers in Ghana
Volunteer Feature: Dr. Dominic Akaateba Surveys 11 Hospitals
Dr. Dominic Akaateba is our Featured Volunteer of the Month for January & February 2014
To kick off 2014, Dominic completed an enormous task list that was vital to on-site GMH operations, including:
Comprehensive needs assessments in 11 hospitals
Detailed impact assessments in our 9 partner hospitals from 2013
Surveyed the
New Training Programs Are Underway!
Equipment Education Programs (EEPs) are a new component that is designed to ensure all donated equipment is being operated correctly, optimally, and receiving regular monitoring.
An expert GMH team is thoroughly instructing 1-2 staff members from each hospital on how to properly set up, operate, and maintain the donated equipment
A Weekend Full of Deliveries!
Last weekend, presentation ceremonies were held in the Upper East and West Regions of Ghana to deliver the medical equipment we raised this year to the nine district hospitals in northernmost Ghana.
This year we were very excited to include four new partner hospitals from the Upper West Region, increasing
Packing Complete
The GMH packing team this weekend had great success preparing the dozens of boxes of medical aid for shipping to Ghanaian hospitals!
Let the packing begin!
A team of awesome GMH volunteers are spending the weekend in Barrie this weekend preparing the medical equipment to be shipped in t-minus 1 month to Ghana!
Our 6 Month Reports Are In!
“…many lives (especially children) are saved which would have otherwise perished.”
The research investigating the impact of our medical aid to our Ghana partner hospitals within the last six months has been completed. We would like to recognize and thank our incredible on-ground project leader Dominic Akaateba for his hard
Dominic Monitors Upper East Region Hospitals
Our On-Ground Project Leader Dominic Akaateba has just finished with monitoring the Upper East Region Ghana hospitals. He reports being:
“Tired, exhausted, dusted, BUT YET VERY FULFILLED! Next is to put up my report. I’m off to upper west tomorrow. Greetings from all, especially the people of sandema.”
Thank you
Dominic Akaateba Begins Monitoring Ghana Partner Hospitals
Starting this week, our On-Ground Project Leader Dominic Akaateba is monitoring district hospitals across Ghana.
He has completed the survey of Navrongo District Hospital just hours ago. In short “…It was great”.
Thank you Dominic for your hard work and dedication!