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Programmatic Summary 2022-2023
Read our Programmatic Summary for 2022-2023 here, which provides a snapshot of our work that has direct implications for both human health biodiversity conservation in one of the most challenging and complex environments on the planet: the Lake Tanganyika Basin … Continue reading
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Video Presentation at AERAP Conference
This video was presented at the AERAP Conference in Brussels, Belgium in March 2023. In this video, Justin from LTFHC shares background information on LTFHC, our current activities, and the importance of making positive health impacts in this region.
The time for better global surveillance tool is NOW!
We face a global challenge. The spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic and COVID-19, the disease it causes, is exposing inequalities in health systems and inadequacies in global disease surveillance systems on a worldwide scale. The need for tools that … Continue reading
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Improving Communication in the Congo
The cell phone revolution in sub-Saharan Africa is often taken for granted, yet in reality many areas still lack telecommunications infrastructure. The DRC has one of the lowest mobile phone penetration rates in the world, negatively impacting multiple sectors. We have been tackling this problem since 2012, when … Continue reading
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Reproductive Health Access in the Lake Tanganyika Basin
In the Lake Tanganyika Basin, accessing reproductive health care is a challenge. Impassable roads, poor communications infrastructure, broken supply chains to rural health centers, and extreme poverty all contribute to high birthrates, early childbearing, and exceptionally high maternal-fetal morbidity and … Continue reading
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How We’re Addressing Malaria in the Lake Tanganyika Basin
Malaria is the number one cause of death in the Lake Tanganyika Basin, and the need for appropriate solutions to combat this disease couldn’t be more pressing. Over the past two years, we have begun to shed light on the … Continue reading
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Big Plans for 2016
After an incredibly busy 2015, the LTFHC/WAVE is poised to launch into an impactful 2016 with a series of exciting programs, from direct service provision to critical infrastructure improvements affecting communities in the Lake Tanganyika Basin, and beyond: … Continue reading
A review of our accomplishments in 2015
The Lake Tanganyika Floating Health Clinic (LTFHC)/WAVE has had an incredibly important year, both in terms of our program implementation and in elevating awareness of what is at stake in the Lake Tanganyika Basin. Your support allows us to continue … Continue reading
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What’s going on in Burundi? A view from the lakeside
Burundi is in a fragile and crucial position, not only as a sovereign state, but for stability in the region as a whole. Violence connected to electoral activities spans beyond Burundi, spilling over into neighboring countries – the consequences of … Continue reading
Upcoming Contraceptive Outreach in Rukwa, Tanzania
In the Lake Tanganyika Basin, reproductive health care is nearly non-existent. Contraceptive and prenatal care is inaccessible, childbearing often begins in teen years, and extreme poverty is the norm. As a result, maternal-fetal death rates are extremely high (under-five childhood … Continue reading
