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MEDICAL MISSION 2015
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With the 2015 and 2017 medical missions to Calabar West Africa, ENA became a full-fledged international Care Organization.
ENA team of physicians and allied care practitioners was led by the indomitable Dr. Asuquo Inyang. ENA is grateful for the sacrifice and service of these individuals who make up the fantastic team. ENA is appreciative of the support of our partners, several volunteers on ground in Nigeria, the Duke Foundation and supporting members like you who made this mission possible.
The joy that was brought into the lives of individuals and families who had suffered the misery and helplessness brought on by little or no access to primary healthcare is immeasurable. This strengthens our resolve as we continue the work of bringing much needed medical services and supplies to hundreds of thousands of people who are in desperate situations.
The experiences we had during these missions gave an insight into the challenges facing market driven health care in communities with fragile health institutions. Our mission going forward is to continue to give our contribution to this cause with the aim to bring hope, awareness and solutions to these communities.
Despite supreme efforts by international humanitarian organizations such as, Caritas , Doctors without boarders, Oxfam , The Red Cross, Bill and Melinda Gates foundation just to name a few , Care donors in Africa today are overwhelmed by multiple regional conflicts which splits attention and resources between the crisis from war - famine, refugees, hunger etc, and the silent war against infectious and non communicable diseases. This means that ENA will have to expand its efforts in the future to reach those excluded by this limited opportunity.
BRIEF REPORT
The ENA inc USA sponsored Calabar Medical Mission took place from November 8th-12th 2015 in Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria. The team comprised the following team members from North America: Asuquo Inyang, Udeme Inyang, Itoro Ibia, Grace Ekpenyong, Elizabeth Jordan, Erete Ebong, Emmanuel Nsemoh, Efiom Eyo-Ita.The team size was greatly augmented by the local ENA volunteers and volunteers from Pro-Health International who were our main in-country partners. The main site of the mission was at the Calabar Women and Children Hospital. This was the main operating base where most of the patients were seen and all the surgical procedures were performed. It also served as the main referral center for the satellite mission sites. The satellite mission sites were at Bakassi, Akpabuyo, Calabar South at PHC Nelson Mandela, and PHC Anantigha.[ PHC - primary Health Care Center ]
SPECIALTIES/ STATISTICS
Care for patients were provided in the following specialties - surgery, medicine, pediatrics, psychiatry, gynecology, ophthalmology, dental surgery, pharmacy, laboratory technology. A total of 2986 were seen - 2419 from Calabar and Bakassi, 280 from PHC Nelson Mandela, 157 from PHC Anantigha, 100 from Akpabuyo, 30 from the Palace of The Obong of Calabar. A total of 175 procedures were performed, 100 were dental, 63 general surgery, and 12 eye surgeries.
Although it was our wish and desire to achieve more this year than what we did last year, our accomplishment was hampered by a national fuel scarcity caused by Tanker driver's strike. Gasoline for vehicles and to power generators become more expensive as we were forced to purchase gas at a much higher price from the black market. To add to this, the condition of the roads to Akpabuyo and Bakassi have so severely deteriorated to a near impassable state. This made the transport of volunteers and patients to and from the satellite sites rather onerous and time consuming. This in turn affected the total number of patients who were able to benefit from the free medical service ENA inc USA provided.
ENA medical mission team leader
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