Health and Well being

Individuals and families from low-income backgrounds frequently face significant
challenges to wellness. We join forces with partners and communites to find
innovative solutions that encompass the whole picture of an individual’s health

Health and wellness

WE WILL IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS OF HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES ACROSS AFRICA

Every child deserves the opportunity to grow up
healthy. Because the social drivers of health like a family’s eating habits matter just as much as access to quality care, we help communities tap into a variety of resources that promote their wellness. This makes it easier for families to care for their health every day.

TRANSFORMING HEALTHCARE IN AFRICA

With subsidized health insurance schemes, Africa suffers on both
an individual and national level lack of hospital funding. Hospitals
and clinics are pushed to their limit to care for their patients on
extremely limited resources, often missing life-saving medications
and important equipment

Even in the advanced hospitals in the cities of Africa and
among others, a distinct lack of safe, clean, medical equipment
makes even simple procedures potentially life-threatening. With
no medication for pain, shortage of beds, and critically ill patients
are often left in undignified and agonizing conditions.

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HOSPITALS IN CRISIS

For both children and adults with serious conditions, the right
medical equipment and care play a crucial role in giving them the
best chance of recovery and healing. Lack of money and resources
mean that healthcare professionals in Africa are often unable to
give parents the required treatment – even if they are aware of what
exactly should be done. Lack of working surgical devices and
apparatus means that, patients often need to be transferred miles
for basic surgeries, and those who are too ill to be moved have no
choice than to do without it. Medication for pains and anesthetics
are very expensive and hard to access in Africa, hence greater
proportion of patients do not receive the right medication to
improve their condition.

Maternity wards and children’s wards are often the hardest hit by lack of funding and equipment. With lack of a good number of beds and rooms, laboring women are forced to give birth in wards with close to or more than 10 women. In some cases, they end up giving
birth on the floor. Without enough sterile needles and proper surgical equipment, the risk of maternal and neonatal mortality increases in number.

The Impact On Kids

Malnutrition and poor development in early life is a significant contributing factor to life-threatening illnesses among children. Every aspect of a child’s health needs to be frequently checked in order to keep them safe – their muscle and bone development. Their cardiac and respiratory health, their teeth and gums and any other concerns that may arise. Children in the Western world is given health checks from the moment of their birth, but in the case of most African Children, especially the Gambia, they mostly miss out
During the rainy season, hospitals are filled with children and elderly suffering from malaria and water-borne diseases due to polluted drinking water in their villages. Life saving anti-malaria drugs such as quinine rapidly fall into short supply, and doctors have to be locked within the line on choosing which patient to treat and who not to. Children end up losing their lives from illnesses that could be treated and this is as a result of the existing and rising nature of poverty. Without access to anti-retroviral drugs, HIV positive children are at risk from minor illnesses and infections.
Children in remote and rural areas are impacted most, as clinics are often miles from their villages and cannot be accessed easily. Rural clinics also run out of supplies, preventing them from giving local children and their care givers much needed check-ups. Rural clinics, or “bush hospitals”, are frequently missing even the most basic equipment such as stethoscopes and blood pressure monitors. Without these tools to provide the community, hundreds of children live in danger

Outreach For
Hospitals

Anchor For All is responding to the urgent health needs of communities wherever we can. Our health outreach program works in dual ways, first by providing health equipment to hospitals, clinics and specialist health services, and secondly by empowering communities to have better control and awareness of their health through first aid kits and education.
We are working with a number of clinics and hospitals in the Gambia and further afield. Many of the hospitals we visit are suffering from significant shortages of medication, equipment and financial support, leaving them inadequately prepared to deal with needs of the community. Our outreach provides clinics and hospital across Africa with sterile excess equipment and apparatus from the US, all of which is safe and ready to use. The equipment is provided for free, which avoids much of the overhead charges and costs which prevents hospitals from abstaining this equipment themselves

Community Help
Outreach

Alongside our contribution to hospitals and clinics in the Gambia, we are also providing equipment and support for communities to take care of themselves. In rural areas, even a simple injury can lead to serious infection, and without access to nearby clinics, such infections could prove fatal. Providing a first aid kit can make available the things they need during emergency situations – such as sterile bandage and dressings, pain medication, gloves and masks.
By providing first aid kits to remote Gambian villages, we also have the opportunity to educate them on how best to utilize them during emergency. Through teaching children and adults how to take care for themselves when they are injured or unwell, Gambian communities can be empowered to prevent health issues from becoming life- threatening.
Posters and leaflets distributed to families and schools, form part of our health sensitization program, providing visual information on Adolescent reproductive health, hygiene for preventor of contaminated food, caring of open wounds, and contraception for the preventor of sexually transmitted diseases. By gaining the trust of the community we work with, we can extend barriers and stereotypes about health, and give everyone a better opportunity to stay well throughout their lives

HOW CAN YOU HELP?

We are looking to expand our health outreach to encompass more
clinics and communities, and further our missions in reducing the
threat of deadly illnesses in Africa. You can help if you or someone
you know works in healthcare and has access to viable equipment
we can send out, visit our How to Help page or contact us.

Donations of equipment and monetary contributions are equally
vital to improve the health outreach we provide – with more
funding, we will gain further opportunities to save the lives of
children living in poverty. $50 is enough to provide one first aid kit
to a rural community, but any amount is hugely beneficial. No child
deserves to live without access to basic healthcare in their
community – so join us today in making a difference.

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