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Many of the poorest cities in the world are ports – places with the highest infant mortality, shortest life expectancy and lowest income. Mercy Ships docks in these ports deploying volunteer professionals to provide world class care for people who don’t have a National Health Service to turn to Our newest hospital ship is self-contained, equipped with its own water, power, skilled volunteers and medical supplies. In this way Mercy Ships can side-step some of the basic and intractable problems facing other aid agencies – lack of reliable power, water, personnel and ways to deliver supplies – and make a lasting difference
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Without access to free, high quality dental care untreated oral disease can lead to a lifetime of pain and, in some cases, a slow death (from suffocation) Project Goals: Reduce the incidence of dental disease by providing dental education alongside treatments such as restorations, extractions & cleaning. Build local capacity Expected Outcomes: 5,700 children and adults treated for tooth decay, infections of the mouth & small oral lesions. 600 to receive dental hygiene/prophylaxis. Provide 550 replacement dentures. 900 school children and 5,700 patients in the dental clinics taught basic dental health 30 Togolese school teachers trained in oral health 4 Togolese trained as dental assistants and dental hygiene instructors Cost: Total project costs are £182,000