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Santigi from Sierra Leone
Name: Santigi Date of Birth: 20th August 2006 Date of Contact: August 2011 Location: Sierra Leone Condition: Phocomelia of left and right legs (malformation of the limbs…
Jeanette from Cameroon
Name: Jeanette Date of Birth: 1995 Date of Contact: October 2011 Location: Northern Cameroon Condition: Rare, but known potentially fatal reaction to anti-malarial treatment resulting…
Louis from Cameroon
Name: Louis Date of Birth: June 2011 Date of Contact: June 2011 Location: Northern Cameroon Condition: Bilateral cleft lip and palate. Operation: Louis had surgery for…
Ama from Ghana
Name: Ama Date of Birth: 24th March 2001 Date of Contact: July 2011 Location: Nungua, Ghana Condition: Tumour of both jaws Operation: Ama had the first…
Gift from Malawi
Name: Gift Date of Birth: 7th July 2005 Date of Contact: May 2011 Location: Malawi Condition: Tracheal stenosis (severe narrowing of the airway – such…
Issa from Cameroon
Name: Issa Date of Birth: Date of Contact: February 2011 Location: Northern Cameroon Condition: Imperforate anus (a congenital condition where by the anus does not form an opening…
Hassaniye from Chad
Name: Hassaniye Date of Birth: 1st February 2006 Date of Contact: 2011 Location: N’Djamena, Chad Condition: Facial neurofibroma tumour Operation: In early December 2012, Hassaniye…
Marcel from Cameroon
Name: Marcel Date of Birth: 1999 Date of Contact: February 2011 Location: Northern Cameroon Condition: Heart valve defect and cardiac failure Operation: Marcel went into kidney failure…
Chisomo from Malawi
Name: Chisomo Date of Birth: 5th January 2011 Date of Contact: January 2011 Location: Malawi Condition: Frontonasal encephalocele – a failure of fusion of part of the…
Namina from Sierra Leone
Name: Namina Date of Birth: 2006 Date of Contact: January 2011 Location: Sierra Leone Condition: Noma Operation: Namina has had two reconstruction surgeries onboard Mercy…
Afi from Togo
Name: Afi Date of Birth: 1991 Date of Contact: June 2010 Location: Togo Condition: Afi has a large facial neurofibroma (tumour of the nerve). Operation: She requires…
Tani from Togo
Name: Tani Date of Birth: 1999 Date of Contact: June 2010 Location: Togo Condition: Tani suffered severe burns as a baby – she was fortunate to survive.…
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