Met veel enthousiasme kondigen we de Daktari Tour 2024 aan! Deze editie vindt plaats op 22 september 2024 in De Pinte, Erasmus School! Haal je fiets of wandelschoenen maar tevoorschijn en geniet samen van een heerlijke spaghetti voor het goede doel! We kijken ernaar uit je daar te zien, tot dan!
De Hoop Van Een Hospitaal - een reportage van Seppe Vanden Broeck en Jules Stallaerts voor Vranckx en De Nomaden met steun van Fonds Pascal Decroos - te bewonderen op VRT Canvas op zaterdag 13 april om 20u! "De rappe" onder ons konden tickets bemachtigen voor de avant-première in de Studio Skoop in Gent. Het was geweldig om onze vrienden uit Oeganda op groot scherm te kunnen zien! Deze prachtige docu over het verhaal van het Kilembe Mines Hospital laat een grote indruk na... Kijken is de boodschap!
De eerste editie van de Daktari Quiz was een succes! Bedankt aan alle deelnemers voor jullie aanwezigheid en inzet. Jullie hebben allen goed gepresteerd, een dikke proficiat aan de winnaars! Foto's van de eerste Daktari Quiz vind je hier. De uitslagen (en het gewicht van de appels) vind je hier. Samen dragen we ons steentje bij aan de ondersteuning van het Kilembe Mines Hospital: Met de opbrengst van deze quiz konden we het te verzamelen bedrag van het neonatal-project afronden! Afgelopen maanden was KMH reeds druk bezig met de verwezenlijking van dit project. De neonatologie werd opgeknapt. Er werd geïnvesteerd in nieuw sanitair met bijhorende septische tank. Ook de nieuwe incinerator en de regenwatercollectoren vormen een grote meerwaarde voor het ziekenhuis. Heel wat vooruitgang dus, dankzij de lokale community, de vrijwilligers en jouw steun! Tot de volgende editie!! Het Daktari Team
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Our work on infection prevention focuses on nosocomial (= hospital acquired) infections. Not only the patients are at risk, but also the healthcare providers and visitors. Hospital infections are the most common complications of hospitalisation. The WHO estimates that the risk of nosocomial infections is 20 times higher in developing countries than in developed countries. The consequences of such infections are not only a threat to individual patient safety, but also to (inter)national public health. For the patient, there is a risk of permanent damage or death from an infection, longer hospital stays and higher costs for the patient and his family. The risk to public health is the rapid spread of antibiotic-resistant germs. It remains difficult to correctly identify the risk, but it is clear that infection prevention remains a priority challenge for healthcare. Daktari Project vzw supports Kilembe Mines Hospital through a number of concrete projects that have a direct and scientifically proven effect on infection prevention.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that around 717 000 babies die each year worldwide at birth (e.g. from inability to breathe immediately after giving birth). In Uganda, the neonatal mortality rate is 19.9 per 1000 live births in 2018. In Belgium, this is 2.16 per 1000 live births in 2015. One of the Daktari Project educational projects is training midwives and nurses of the Kilembe Mines Hospital in the essential skills of CPR and newborn support. We want to help reduce neonatal mortality in and around Kilembe and give the newborn an optimal start in life. With the help of the Helping Babies Breathe (HBB) program we try to achieve this. This is an evidence-based educational programme to teach neonatal resuscitation techniques in areas with limited resources and is an initiative of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and a number of other global health organizations. The educational material is accessible to everyone.
The orthopaedic part of Daktari Project is one of the original sub-projects that were set up in 2010. This is due to the nature of the hospital (a district hospital that serves as a referral center for more than 2 million people), the presence of several orthopaedic surgeons in the hospital, as well as the presence of an orthopaedic surgeon and orthopaedic residents on the board. Initially there was only Dr. Edward Weful who, besides the medical superintendant, is also an orthopaedic surgeon. Over the years, the hospital has developed further and 2 additional orthopaedic surgeons have been recruited.
In 2016 we started with the wound care project. During the first phase of the project, we searched for the needs of the Kilembe Mines Hospital in the field of wound care. Together with the nurses and doctors, we carried out the wound care on the various wards for a few weeks. During these moments it soon became clear where the problems occurred. One of the biggest problems was the use of hydrogen peroxide. Hydrogen peroxide, a cytotoxic agent that destroys healthy tissue, was used on each type of wound. This product is cheap, which is why it was frequently used in the hospital. It was good that povidone iodine (isobetadine) was also present in the hospital, which meant that it was available in the hospital. Povidone iodine is preferred as it is a broad spectrum antiseptic. In 2016 this was only present in the operating theatre, when asked the povidone iodine proved to be very expensive, so it was only used there. This was a first problem that we were able to tackle with the Daktari project. We have provided a budget so that povidone iodine is now available in every department. The use of hydrogen peroxide has decreased considerably compared to 2016.
