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Cameroon Medical Mission
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The Mission
To promote health through provision of basic healthcare information education and donations of medical supplies and equipment to needy families in Africa. The nation Cameroon is located in central West Africa, sharing borders with Chad, Nigeria, Gabon, Congo and Guinea.
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Needs Assesment
The challenges facing the nation of Cameroun in the area of healthcare can be appreciated by citing a few of the sobering statistics from 2003 estimates.
- Total population of country 16.5 million
- Life expectancy 48 years
- Infant mortality rate 95 per every 1,00 live births
- Maternal mortality rate 1 in 15
- People infected with AIDS/HIV 830,000
- Children orphaned by AIDS/HIV 400,000
The overall situation is compounded by the scarcity of medical practitioners, pharmaceuticals, clinical technology and educational training materials and instructors that limits the provision and accessibility to healthcare.
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Goal for 2006
Shiloh Missions is soliciting support and donations for a medical missions humanitarian trip to the nation of Cameroun starting in August of 2006. Each trip will concentrate on specific goals such as fact-finding to access specific needs and establishing local contracts and identifying clinics to partner with; organizing health education fairs with volunteer health workers; shipment of medical supplies and equipment, etc.
Shiloh Missions will take responsibility in coordinating, gathering and maintaining accurate inventory of all gifts- in- kind and donations, and to provide these goods to the underprivileged families in Cameroun .
We anticipate going on an initial fact-finding trip with a few volunteer health workers in August of 2006 with some basic medical and school supplies.
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Get Involved By
Giving cash donations to help defray cost of medical supplies, equipment and shipping.
Giving gifts-in-kind in the form of medicines, school supplies and equipment.
Volunteering to be part of the medical team on the missions' trip.
Acting as a liaison for Friend x of Africa in establishing relationships with pharmaceutical companies and other agencies that would donate needed supplies and equipment.
All donations are tax deductible.
Please pray for this ministry today and pass the word on to your family and friends urging them to join in making a difference for the success of this project.
List of Medical Supplies & Instruments Needed
OVER THE COUNTER MEDICINE NEEDS
- Children's Chewable Vitamins
- Infant Vitamins
- Adult Multivitamins
- Antifungal Cream (Lamisil, Lotrimin, etc.)
- Pain Relievers (Tylenol, Advil, etc.)
- Infant and Children's Pain Relievers
- Cold and Cough Medicine
- Infant and Children's Cold and Cough Medicine
- Antacids
- Triple Antibiotic Cream
PRESCRIPTION MEDICINE NEEDS
- Antibiotics (Such as Lorabid, Cefzil, Omnicef, Augmentin, Tequin, Amoxicillin)
- Antifungal (Such as Diflucan, Nizoral, Nystatin, Albendazol)
- Antidiabetic (Such as Gluctrol, Glucovance)
- Blood Pressure (Such as Toprol, Micardis, Atacand, Tarka, HCTHZ)
- Gastro-Intestinal (Such as Zantac, Prevacid, Aciphex)
- Anti-inflammatory (Such as Vioxx, Mobic, Celebrex)
- Respiratory (Such as Allegra D, Claritin, Flonase, Rhinocort Aqua, Nasacort)
- Opthalmic/Otic (Such as Cortisporin)
MEDICINES NOT ACCEPTED
- Cholesterol Medicines (Welchol, Zocor, et al)
- Antidepressants (Paxis, Prozac, et al)Alzheimer (Exelon, et al)
- ADHD (Strattera, et al)
- Hormone (Prempro, et al)
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IMPORTANT - Medicine Donation Guidelines
No controlled, expired, or opened medicines are accepted. Medicines should have a minimal shelf life of 6months due to the date of shipping supplies and medicine. We don't accept partially used individual prescriptions
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