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Sasha Bukacheva Murambinda Mission Hospital serves the need of the people of the Buhera District of Zimbabwe, providing support and care for those suffering from all kinds of illness. Buhera is one of the poorest districts of Zimbabwe. Most people scratch a living by semi-subsistence farming. The climate is semi-arid and the soil is poor. Any failure of rains or disturbance of the crops or cattle can spell disaster to the people. Buhera district has problems with malnutrition and malaria. Infant deaths are common and many mothers die in pregnancy and childbirth. Added to this, in recent years, HIV/AIDS and TB have been devastating. “Murambinda Mission Hospital is the only Murambinda Mission Hospital is the only medically staffed hospital in the district. It is the acting government district hospital run by the catholic community (Sisters of the Little Company of Mary). It has 125 beds and has around 77 staff. In 2004 it had more than 6,000 admissions, more than 1,600 births, more than 1,800 minor, and 186 major, operations. In addition around 16,000 people were seen as outpatients. It is a very busy place. The Hospital serves a population of almost 300,000 people in an area with a diameter of 200 kilometers. The hospital is at the forefront of trying to broaden the provision of HIV/AIDS care by providing antiretroviral treatment to expectant mothers and to staff. All donations you make go directly to support projects. The trustees pay all administrative costs. All trustees are UK and Scottish doctors who have worked in Murambinda.
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