Situation:
Only 10% of healthcare facilities in Tanzania provide palliative care. With rising cancer cases, most patients present at advanced stages where symptom management is crucial. Effective symptom control is also vital for poorly managed non-communicable diseases like hypertension, diabetes, and HIV/AIDS but remains largely inaccessible across the country.
Situation:
Before the Russian invasion in 2022, Ukraine already had a high mental health burden. Mental disorders were the second leading cause of disability, affecting 30% of the population. The war has exacerbated this issue: Estimates suggest that 15 million people require psychological assistance, while the existing healthcare system is overwhelmed.
Objectives:
Improving access to free psychological services for vulnerable groups in Ukraine via the ucare.me platform.
Situation:
The war in Ukraine is ongoing for the third year, causing, among other, massive migration of the population from the areas close to the frontline, to relatively safer regions in central and western parts of the country. The influx of the displaced people causes overloading of the public services, one of which is healthcare, which is currently overstretched and cannot cover all the needs.
Situation:
In high-income countries such as Germany, over 80% of children who develop cancer survive. In Malawi, one of the world’s most resource-poor countries, survival rates are under 25%. This is due to factors including: a limited knowledge amongst medical staff about cancer diagnosis and treatment; under-resourced paediatric oncology services; and families being unable to afford treatment costs.
Situation:
Leprosy, caused by Mycobacterium leprae, contributed to 28,800 DALYs globally in 2019. Ethiopia ranks 6th worldwide and 2nd in Africa for new cases, with the 3rd highest number of child cases globally. Despite its biopsychosocial impacts and economic toll, leprosy remains neglected in health policies and research, hindering efforts to meet the global elimination target by 2030.
Objectives:
Partner organisation in partner country:
In BiH
1. Hilfswerk International Office Sarajevo
2. Hilfswerk Kuća podrške – Hilfswerk House of Support
3. Association for Help and Development HAJDE
In Kenya, infants are rarely screened for sight or hearing loss at birth. Without early diagnosis, quality health care and early-years support, children with deafblindness and other complex disabilities risk development delays. They then need more significant support later in childhood, by which time they and their families have faced years of challenges and exclusion.
Supporting four partner hospitals in Kwale and Garissa counties to be able to:
Bad Homburg v. d. Höhe, December 12, 2024 – Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung (EKFS) set its commitment to funding emergency medical relief in Ukraine and its neighboring countries forth once again in 2024. To this end the foundation has made new funding resources amounting to over one million euros available for medical purposes.
Situation:
Despite its wealth in natural resources, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is one of the five poorest countries in the world in terms of GDP per capita. One of the main reasons for poverty – and the associated inadequate medical care – is the drastic lack of high-quality education, particularly in the life sciences and related subjects at good universities.
Objectives:
