Dr. Eric Asante
Medical Superintendent, Ghana Health Service
We write to acknowledge receipt of assorted Medical equipment and Devices that your organization donated to Nadowli Hospital.
On behalf of the hospital management, patients and the entire people of the Nadowli-Kaleo district, I wish to express our heartfelt gratitude to
Bill Gates Knows To Prioritize Poor Farmers & The New GMH SHEEP Program
Recently Bill Gates made news by highlighting the importance of focusing resources on poor farmers in developing countries, who produce a growing supply of the world’s food, and will likely be hit hardest by climate change. (Links are posted below)
We agree! Now with our new SHEEP program we’ll
Introducing the GMH 3 Function Bottle
This bottle can be used like conventional water bottle, or broken down into bottle and cup.
Designed and manufactured in the Netherlands, it is built to stand up to your travels.
Take this symbol with you wherever you go, and bring the story of GMH with you.
Thanks to Jan
5 Years of Helping Ghana Hospitals Complete!
Did you know our year end is Aug 31st?
This wraps up 5 incredible years of working in Ghana!
In these 5 years, we’ve:
expanded from supporting 1 to 14 hospitals, and from serving 90 thousand people to approximately 2 million
grown from an idea in Kelly’s
Volunteers Come Together for the 2nd Annual Volunteer Retreat
This weekend eight GMH volunteers came together for the second annual volunteer retreat, hosted at the lovely Hadfield cottage on Stag Island.
The retreat was a great chance for our widely dispersed volunteer base to connect and bond. We were able to review and reflect on our past 5 years.
Newly Released: 2015/2016 Equipment Target List
Now that we’re finished with delivery this year, it’s time to start planning for next year. Here’s our list of medical equipment we are targeting to acquire this year.
portable autoclave/sterilizer machines – (11 minimum)
blood pressure apparatus’
infant blood pressure cuffs
pediatric blood pressure cuffs
adult blood pressure
Quarterly Upper East Workshop 2015
While in Ghana, GMH founder Kelly Hadfield joined Director of Operations Dr. Dominic Akaateba to lead the quarterly GMH Ambassador workshop for the Upper East Region.
These workshops are an essential part of GMH as they provide training on the donated equipment, enable troubleshooting and feedback, and facilitate communication
2015 Equipment Delivery Ceremony for Upper East Region
On July 11th, GMH hosted the official handing over ceremony for the Upper East Region, to distribute the most recent shipment of medical equipment to the 6 hospitals we support there, which provide healthcare for over 1 million West Africans!
Our sincerest thanks to our Rotary partners for helping us obtain
Things you didn’t know about the hospitals in Northern Ghana by Hazel Vint
This post is a little off topic for my travel blog, however I feel that if you travel to many places, you will have definitely encountered a hospital visit or two. It is important for me to explain what is actually happening in many hospitals in Africa and