March 2008

Dr. Carlos Franco-Paredes and his colleagues from Atlanta, Utah and Texas visited the Wanyjok, Aweil in the Bahr el Ghazal State in Southern Sudan. They were a few miles away from Darfur....

During their visit they provided mass deworming for 2000 patients including albendazole, praziquantel, multivitamin and distributed 250 bednets. In addition, they treated multiple cases of malaria. Most of them laboratory confirmed, other only presumptively diagnosed. But this is not enough, oh no, this is not enough! 

 Dr. Franco-Paredes visited Southern Sudan in 2007

The Student leaders from the Galloway School collected US500.00 in their fundraising campaign "Change the World". A portion of these funds were allocated to the Emory Southern Sudan Project led by Dr. Carlos Franco. The Galloway- MFI partnership provided Dr. Franco and his team of experts from Emory University with sufficient funds to provide medical relief to the villagers of Yei, Southern Sudan.

The following are the specific details of the medical team relief mission.

• Malaria treatments (60 doses of chloroquine and fansidar)
• <!--[if !supportLists]-->Bednets (15 bednets in Yei, and 250 bednets that will be shipped to Aweil)
• <!--[endif]-->Insect repellents (10)
• <!--[endif]-->Guinea Worm filters (> 100)
• <!--[endif]-->Schistosomiasis (113 full treatments praziquantel)
• <!--[endif]-->Syphilis (latent or secondary) (doxycycline 35 treatments, 20 full doses of benzathine penicillin) including 3 pregnant women with positive RPR’s and one with signs of secondary syphilis.
• <!--[endif]-->Albendazole (72 full treatments in Yei), (sent 540 full treatments for mass deworming)
• <!--[endif]-->Doxycycline (60 doses (300 mg) for cholera)
• <!--[endif]-->ORS (37 )

The Emory Southern Sudan Project's  long-term goals in these communities of Southern Sudan is to promote community-based programs that will hopefully contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals in this African Region.

•  <!--[if !supportLists]-->Medical Care (Health Posts)

•  <!--[if !supportLists]-->Community-based programs (cost-effective and sustainable interventions):

• <!--[if !supportLists]--><!--[endif]-->Clean Water (Wells)
• <!--[if !supportLists]--> <!--[endif]-->Vaccines (meningitis, polio, etc.)
• <!--[endif]-->Malaria Prevention (Bednets and Treatment of Cases; Artemisin-based regimens)
• <!--[endif]-->Mass Deworming (Albendazole) and shoes
• <!--[endif]-->Mass Ivermectin for Onchocerciasis, Strongyloidiasis
• <!--[endif]-->Mass Praziquantel for Schistosomiasis
• <!--[endif]-->ORS for cholera
• <!--[endif]-->TB and leprosy drugs
• <!--[endif]-->Child-maternal health
• <!--[endif]-->Primary School
• <!--[endif]-->HIV and  STD testing and counseling
  

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