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doctors to give specialised treatment to the local people. It is so
refreshing to see pa琀椀ents giving
tes琀椀monies on the rejuvenated
health a昀琀er these procedures. I
recently met Dr Jonathan Hannay
who has expressed an interest to
start coming to Mambilima for surgical camps and also knowledge
sharing. We are praying over this
so that the pre-programme may
come to frui琀椀on by the will of God.
The hospital has a dedicated team
that has worked hard to prevent
maternal and neonatal death according to the ministerial statement
that “no woman should die while
in labour”. God has been gracious
to us through Robert and Margaret Muir in Scotland, they bought
us a portable ultrasound scanner
which is used for easy monitoring
of mothers in the maternity and
labour wards. This has enabled the
hospital to detect complica琀椀ons
and ini琀椀ate early interven琀椀on. We
have also incorporated ultrasound
services in our rou琀椀ne antenatal
clinics and many centres around
the hospital refer pregnant mothers suspected of having complica琀椀ons during pregnancy for review
at Mambilima Hospital.
The hospital managed to construct
a state of the art An琀椀-retroviral
(ART) Clinic in 2022 with 昀椀nancial
support from our mission partners.
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The ART clinic has enabled the
hospital to provide services in a
conducive environment to many of
our pa琀椀ents in our area and others
who come from Dem. Rep. of Congo. The newly constructed clinic
has a pharmacy, screening rooms,
counselling room, data entry o昀케ce,
registry room and conveniences.
Tuberculosis
The hospital has con琀椀nued to be
the beacon of hope in the management and preven琀椀on of tuberculosis in our community. Mambilima
Mission Quality Improvement project on “enhancing TB no琀椀昀椀ca琀椀on
among children 5 years and below”,
has been adopted for presenta琀椀on
at na琀椀onal level in October. The
goal of the project is: “to improve
health status of children under 5,
ensuring access to TB services and
promo琀椀ng public health”. The hospital learnt from the QI project that
through the enhancing of quality
health workforce led to good results, strategic contact tracing and
screening of under 5s for TB in numerous wards and among exposed
infants. This was a game changer
for Mambilima in achieving a successful outcome from the ini琀椀al
7.5% in December 2024 to 25%
TB no琀椀昀椀ca琀椀on in April 2025; far
above the na琀椀onal target of 10%.
Community engagement and ownership of the programme is key to
