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Das Projekt ‘Förderung der Frauengesundheit in Eritrea‘ besteht seit 2012. Während der  2-3 im Jahr durchgeführten Aufenthalte werden bis zu 30 Patientinnen (überwiegend Karzinompatientinnen) operiert, oftmals mit kurativem Ansatz. Leider gibt es bis heute keine funktionierende onkologische Betreuung (keine Chemotherapie und keine Strahlentherapie), sodass die Heilungswahrscheinlichkeit für diese Patientinnen, am heutigen Medizinstandard gemessen, sehr niedrig ist. 

Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP) is an increasing global problem, also in low-income countries. The main-focus of the project are local surgical camps, which are organized annually at the Regional Referral Hospital in Mbarara and the Bwindi Community Hospital. Recruitment originally aimed at patients with obstetric fistula, but now more women with POP answer the call. During the camps women, who cannot afford the treatment themselves, undergo surgery. In addition, local gynecologists are trained and taught POP diagnosis and surgery by pelvic floor specialists from Switzerland and Uganda.

Partner organisations in partner country: Transcultural Psychosocial Organization (TPO). Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CCAMH). Social Service of Cambodia (SSC), Mlup Baitong, The Preventive Medicine Department (PMD) ,Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse (DMHSA)

The project is a response to the urgent need for professional primary health care in Amudat District in the Karamoja region of Uganda.  Sign of Hope has started in 2018 to build a Health Center III in Kosike village with its own funds.  The project aims to improve access to rural primary healthcare and improve the nutritional status of beneficiaries.  

In recent decades the societies of Iraq and Syria have experienced various forms of violence and severe human rights violations. At the same time, there is a big shortage of health professionals in the region, particularly a shortage of psychologists and psychotherapists. 

The aim of this project is to contribute to improve mother-child health in two health zones. In detail, we aim to increase the access to preventative measures and treatment of malnutrition and malaria as well as adequate obstetric services for approximately 3.300 children under the age of 5 and 4.550 pregnant/breastfeeding women.

Rwanda is one of the smallest and most densely populated countries in Africa. Despite all the advances of recent decades, medical care still has gaps, especially in rural areas.

The project consists of two components:

The leading cause of childhood blindness globally is bilateral congenital cataract. In the megacity of Kinshasa (capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo) there are about 4000 children blind due to cataract. The Rostock University Eye Department has started a Partnership with a church based Hospital in 2000. So far more than 300 children have been treated. Due to structural reasons and a lack of financial support the majority of blind children so far was left untreated.
This should be addressed in the following way: 

The Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh is heavily neglected by government development programs. Infrastructure and programs for education and health care are therefore insufficiently developed. The big state clinics are at least a day's trip away from the Changlang district where the project is to be implemented.