Ammalife Trustee Saliya Chipwete knows first-hand the dangers of sepsis. She’s now on a mission to give sepsis a run for its money, by raising money for Ammalife’s work on maternal sepsis. Originally from Malawi, Saliya is a qualified Registrar of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. She understands the difficulties facing pregnant mothers in Malawi, as well as [...]
We're excited to unveil Ammalife's 2018 Annual Report, celebrating all of Ammalife's activities in the previous year. There's been great progress in Malawi where we've been working with local NGO, PACHI Malawi, to treat and prevent cases of maternal sepsis, as well as to improve hygiene practices in hospitals. Our Change Makers have excelled in their [...]
The Big Give Christmas Challenge is back! Last year, Ammalife raised over £7,000 in the week long Big Give Christmas Challenge, and this year, we're hoping to do even better, This year's Christmas Challenge will take place from midday Tuesday 27th November to midday Tuesday 4th December. During this time, we'll be hoping to raise £5,000 [...]
Stanley Daudi, one of Ammalife’s past Changemakers has recently finished his studies in Malawi. We caught up with Stanley to hear what the impact of the Changemaker programme has been on himself and his community, as well as to ask him what he believes to be the biggest challenges facing clinicians in Malawi today. Before I [...]
Above: Yolam volunteering with other healthcare workers at Chitipa Prison. Yolam Kamene is one of Ammalife’s Changemakers and the current Joseph O’Hare scholarship student. Yolam joined the University of Malawi in August 2014 to undertake two years of premedical studies. He has now finished his third year of clinical study, passing with excellent marks, and has already [...]
Above: medical staff in Malawi receiving training on the FAST-M sepsis prevention tools, from Linvell, senior nursing officer and one of our Maternal Sepsis Champions at Mithundu Hospital) FAST-M is one of the projects that Ammalife sponsors which has been improving maternal healthcare in Malawi. FAST-M is a treatment bundle for maternal sepsis, with each [...]
"I am always surprised by the postnatal ward summary - it normally goes something like this: on the postnatal ward we have 70 mothers, 40 of whom have their babies with them. My immediate thought is - what happened to the other 30 babies?" Dr Soha Sobhy is an Obs & Gynae doctor from London who has [...]
Ammalife are supporting the establishment of a clinical link between Birmingham Women's Hospital and GoGo Chatinkha Maternity Unit, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Malawi. The link was launched with a fantastic fundraising event at "Akamba". It was a fantastic night with live music, drumming and fire eating! Guests of honour Dr Bonus Makanani (GoGo Chatinkha Head of [...]
