Last month, a baby was successfully delivered via caesarean section at the Mbarika Health Centre, marking the opening of centre’s new operating theatre and its very first operation. Discussions for a new operating theatre (or operating room) in the village of Mbarika started back in 2016, when Mama na Mtoto […]
In January 2019, a team of pediatric nephrologists from the Alberta Children’s Hospital completed their second visit to Ibadan, Nigeria, where they facilitated a 3-day workshop on pediatrics haemodialysis, kidney transplantation, research and general nephrology along with their counterparts at the University of Ibadan. Trainees from various institutions in the […]
Mama na Mtoto is thrilled to have staff members Hannah Mercader and Ashley Anderson honoured as two of the Alberta Council for Global Cooperation’s (ACGC) 2019 Top 30 under 30. Every year, the ACGC recognizes young leaders in the province that are working towards a just and sustainable world. This […]
Last year, Mama na Mtoto launched a Digital Storytelling pilot to study how Digital Storytelling can be used as an effective research and dissemination tool in a global health context. Between April and August, intern Natasha Hoehn, who was finishing her Masters in Bioanthropology at the time, worked with staff […]