2011 has been an extremely busy year for the LTFHC, and we are thrilled for many more exciting developments in the new year — including complete concept designs of the hospital ship in early 2012! Our progress would not be possible without the support of our donors. Please consider a year-end donation to enable the LTFHC to continue to provide health care services and education of health care workers in the Lake Tanganyika basin, as well as be an agent of hope for the millions of people who live there.
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AMY LEHMAN SHARES HER THOUGHTS ON MOBILE HEALTH IN AFRICA
As a practitioner in an ultra-rural location, I have long followed developments in mHealth and telemedicine and been excited by the possibilities. Unfortunately, I work in a place that is still largely without cell phone access, much less broad-band, so issues regarding connectivity, 3G availability, bandwidth are of paramount importance to me in discussing how mHealth can change the health care landscape. Read the entire article>>
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LTFHC IS CELEBRATING THE LAUNCH OF “HEARTS ON FIRE”
Jill Iscol’s Hearts on Fire is a call to action to people from all walks of life to roll up their sleeves and extend a helping hand to others. LTFHC founder, Dr. Amy Lehman, and thirteen other extraordinary individuals tell their stories directly, honestly and passionately in a series of interviews.
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Thank You, Outreach Supporters!
As our women’s health outreach trip comes to a close, we again want to thank everyone who supported this groundbreaking journey. In particular, we want to acknowledge The Fistula Foundation for their support of our efforts. Their leadership in this area is remarkable and we are honored to have them as partners.
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THE TEAM HAS ARRIVED AT KIRANDO!
Overcoming several obstacles on the Congo side of the lake, Dr. Amy Lehman and team finally departed Moba Port last Friday, via the M/V Lengwe, with the Congolese patients and health care workers. The boat arrived at Kirando, Tanzania late Friday night, all had to overnight on board, and everyone was stamped into Tanzania Saturday morning. Fistula operations to begin this week..
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PREPARING FOR THE OUTREACH AT KIRANDO..
The LTFHC team is at Kirando Port where we’ve hired eight women to scoop water out of Lake Tanganyika for us, to purify for use at the hospital. They each have 35 liter buckets and are filling 500 liter tanks. We need to collect 3,000 liters for week one. Footage forthcoming..
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ONLY A FEW MORE WEEKS UNTIL THE LTFHC WOMEN’S HEALTH OUTREACH IN TANZANIA!
To all those who have contributed to next month’s outreach — THANK YOU!! The LTFHC would particularly like to recognize Rochester Medical Corporation (www.rocm.com) and FemSoft (www.1800femsoft.com) for their generous product donation. It’s not too late to support our efforts. Make a tax-deductible donation today and change a woman’s life forever.
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THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINE FEATURES ALUM, AMY LEHMAN IN ITS SEP/OCT ISSUE
Healing Vessel
By Ruth E. Kott
Amy Lehman was at a district hospital in Tanzania when a pregnant 16-year-old walked in, bleeding. Her undelivered baby was already dead. The girl had had an obstructed labor in Kala, a tiny village bordering Lake Tanganyika. “She was trying to deliver, and the baby [got] stuck,” Lehman says. She had walked and ridden buses for three days, hemorrhaging, trying to reach the hospital to have a Cesarean section. Click here to read the full article »
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