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Celebration of Clinic #6 in Bodo, Chad!

Celebration of Clinic #6 in Bodo, Chad!

In October, 2012, Kids for World Health opened its 6th Treatment Center. This newest clinic was built in Bodo, Chad in Africa. Guided by our Advisory Team Member,Dr. Pere` Simarro of WHO, the Student Policy Board voted to construct this much needed clinic for the treatment of Sleeping Sickness. The clinic will service potentially 150,000 villagers at various times. The KFWH Pediatric Clinic #6  was honored in tribute to the work of  Dr. Pere Simarro. [nggallery...

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Celebrating the Opening of KFWH Pediatric Clinic #4 in Lwala,Uganda

Celebrating the Opening of KFWH Pediatric Clinic #4 in Lwala,Uganda

It’s open! The new mattresses and  beds are in place and the mosquito nets are hung!  Our shipment has arrived, and our clinic is open!  The staff at Lwala Hospital  are ready to receive children from the villages of Lwala, and the 150,000 villagers in the surrounding areas where people suffer from malaria and sleeping sickness (trypanosomiasis). The clinic built by funds raised by students in KFWH  is in tribute to Dr. Jean Jannin, Coordinator/Director of Neglected Tropical Diseases at the World Health Organization. Dr. Jean Jannin is our founding mentor and currently serves on our Advisory Board and KFWH Advisory Team. He and his department have been highly responsible for the possible elimination of sleeping sickness in many highly effected areas of Africa. Dr. Jannin Photo Gallery, Lwala Hospital, KFWH Clinic [nggallery...

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