Hospital

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Medical Volunteers

WE WELCOME MEDICAL VOLUNTEERS Why Volunteer? Huge Challenges combined with Lack of Health Care professionals The Hospital plays a very important role in the health care of Mpongwe District, an area where 16 – 20 percent of people are infected by HIV/AIDs and other other health challenges such as TB, Malaria and Malnutrition are widespread.   There is a severe human …

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Contact information for Mpongwe Mission Hospital

ADDRESS       Mpongwe Mission Hospital, PO Box 90096, Luanshya, Zambia EMAIL              hospital@mpongwe.com PHONE             +260 1 482073  NOTE! The hospital does NOT have internet access at the hospital nor is there outgoing phone lines available to staff so their ability to answer questions directly is limited. Questions about Medical volunteering are coordinated by MBA Office info@mpongwe.com Open hours  Monday – …

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HIVAIDS

HIV/AIDS

Frontline engagement in achieving the Millennium Development Goals Goal 6: COMBATING HIV/AIDS, MALARIA and other diseases   HIV/AIDS Pandemic HIV/AIDS destabilizes families and entire societies, leaving children without the care and support necessary to grow up, survive, and thrive. AIDS has had a devastating impact in Zambia, claiming hundred of thousands of lives (for example 96,000 in …

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Mpongwe Mission Hospital

A Vital Role Mpongwe Mission Hospital plays a vital role in the health care of Mpongwe District. In the Copperbelt Province where the Hospital is located 16-20 percent of adults are infected by HIV/AIDs, malaria is rampant, 17 percent of children die before the age of five from neonatal causes, malaria, pneumonia, diarrhoeal diseases and HIV/AIDS. …

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Impacting Lives

Ann is 33 years old*.  She has two children, a boy and a girl aged 12 years and 14 years respectively. We arranged to meet Ann at the Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) Clinic where HIV/AIDS patients receive their treatment.  The interview was done in a quiet place, in the room that is used for counseling. Ann …

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Vision, Values

Vision for Mpongwe Mission Hospital is: PROMOTE HEALING THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST IN THE PROVISION OF HEALTH CARE FOR ALL.  Mission Providing holistic care that includes spiritual, physical and mental well being.   Values Good Stewardship Integrity Loving and Caring Giving Hope Serving the community Authority of the scriptures Excellence Chastity The hospital’s vision and …

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TB Program

TB is the leading cause of death among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) and one of the most common opportunistic infections they experience.  People who are infected with HIV are especially susceptible to developing active tuberculosis (TB). The prevalence of HIV infection among patients in TB clinical settings is high, up to 70 percent in …

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MALARIA

Malaria

Malaria is one of the leading causes of death for children in the developing world and in our region. It has been estimated that two to three million people die of malaria worldwide every year, 90 percent of them in Sub-Saharan Africa. Those who die in Africa are mainly pregnant women and children. The Zambian …

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