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Huma­ni­ta­ri­an medi­cal aid for child­ren

The non-pro­fit orga­ni­sa­ti­on ARCHEMED — Ärz­te für Kin­der in Not e. V. was foun­ded in Soest/Westphalia in 2010. We pro­vi­de huma­ni­ta­ri­an medi­cal aid for child­ren in under­ser­ved are­as by pro­vi­ding spe­cia­li­sed medi­cal staff, hos­pi­tal tech­no­lo­gy, trai­ning and infra­struc­tu­re. Our focus coun­try is Eri­trea, but sin­ce 2021 we have also added indi­vi­du­al mea­su­res in Alba­nia, Afgha­ni­stan, Tan­z­a­nia, Bhu­tan and Ukrai­ne. 250 vol­un­teers car­ry out 27 dif­fe­rent pro­jects in war and cri­sis zones in around 50 mis­si­ons per year.

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Neo­na­tal Inten­si­ve Care Medi­ci­ne Bhu­tan

14.11.2024

The six-week assign­ment of neo­na­to­lo­gist Anto­nia Bar­tetz­ko mark­ed the offi­ci­al start of the GZI’s ‘Hos­pi­tal Part­ner­ships’ pro­gram­me bet­ween the Cha­ri­té Ber­lin and the Refer­ral Hos­pi­tal in Thim­phu, Bhu­tan.

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Reno­va­ti­on of the burns cli­nic

03.11.2024

The reno­va­ti­on of the lar­ge cli­nic for burns pati­ents in Asma­ra is very clo­se to our hearts and has made good pro­gress thanks to the efforts of the ele­ven-strong con­s­truc­tion team led by gra­dua­te engi­neer Timm Mit­zen­heim. A defec­ti­ve roof had cau­sed mould to form…

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Cur­rent pro­jects

Archemed Neonatologie Asmara Station

Neo­na­tal and pre­ma­tu­re infant medi­ci­ne Asma­ra

by | Nov 3, 2024 | Paed­ia­trics and obste­trics Eri­trea | 0 Comm­ents

The ward for pre­ma­tu­re babies and sick new­borns in Asma­ra has exis­ted sin­ce 2002 and has been super­vi­sed and sup­port­ed by two ARCHEMED teams seve­ral times a year sin­ce the orga­ni­sa­ti­on was foun­ded in 2010.
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Archemed Kinderherzchirurgie Team

Paed­ia­tric heart sur­gery

by | Nov 3, 2024 | Sur­gery Eri­trea | 0 Comm­ents

Our inter­na­tio­nal ope­ra­ti­on cent­re for child­ren, the IOC­CA, has exis­ted in the capi­tal Asma­ra sin­ce 2002. It was con­cei­ved by Dr Andre­as Urban, the for­mer direc­tor of the Ger­man Children’s Heart Cent­re in Sankt Augus­tin.
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Archemed Kinderonkologie

Paed­ia­tric onco­lo­gy

by | Oct 26, 2024 | Paed­ia­trics and obste­trics Eri­trea | 0 Comm­ents

In coope­ra­ti­on with the Working Group on Paed­ia­tric Onco­lo­gy in Emer­ging Count­ries and the Inter­na­tio­nal Socie­ty for Paed­ia­tric Onco­lo­gy, ARCHEMED will imple­ment initi­al pro­gram­mes to com­bat can­cer in Eri­trea.
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Archemed Chirurgie Tansania

Paed­ia­tric sur­gery, paed­ia­tric ortho­pae­dics and pla­s­tic sur­gery, Tan­z­a­nia

by | Oct 25, 2024 | Sur­gery Tan­z­a­nia,High­ligh­ted | 0 Comm­ents

For many years, an expe­ri­en­ced team of paed­ia­tric sur­ge­ons, paed­ia­tric ortho­pae­dists and pla­s­tic sur­ge­ons has been tra­vel­ling to the Tan­z­a­ni­an pro­vin­ce of Ifun­da to tre­at child­ren with con­ge­ni­tal and acqui­red defor­mi­ties of organs and extre­mi­ties.
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Archemed Perinatologie Keren Fruehchen

Obste­trics and Peri­na­tal Medi­ci­ne Keren

by | Oct 24, 2024 | Paed­ia­trics and obste­trics Eri­trea | 0 Comm­ents

In 2010, ARCHEMED hel­ped to set up a neo­na­tal care unit in the refe­rence hos­pi­tal and has been sup­port­ing this pro­ject ever sin­ce by trai­ning nur­ses and doc­tors and impro­ving the infra­struc­tu­re.
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Archemed Mendefera Hospital

Obste­trics and Peri­na­tal Medi­ci­ne Men­de­fera

by | Oct 22, 2024 | Paed­ia­trics and obste­trics Eri­trea | 0 Comm­ents

In many mis­si­ons, ARCHEMED has set up three inten­si­ve care pati­ent rooms, a sto­rage room and two deli­very rooms and equip­ped them with medi­cal sup­pli­es, as well as signi­fi­cant­ly impro­ving the sup­p­ly of elec­tri­ci­ty and water.
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