Generated by All in One SEO v4.9.10, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # World Medical Fund ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://worldmedicalfund.org/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Blog](https://worldmedicalfund.org/blog/) - [ULTRASOUND](https://worldmedicalfund.org/2024/07/14/ultrasound/) - This was great step forward and on its very first use we detected an internal condition that needed immediate surgical care on a young boy. Our vehicle took him straight to the district hospital where he received the essential emergency care that was required and was a success. Have this machine with us at our - [PPE](https://worldmedicalfund.org/2024/07/14/ppe/) - There is a grave shortage of PPEs in Malawi, our only option has been to ship them from the U.K. but that has been a challenge. First we had to apply for an export licence as the export of PPEs to non-EU nations had been banned; once we had the licence we shipped the PPEs - [Greeting Cards for every occasion](https://worldmedicalfund.org/2024/07/14/greeting-cards-for-every-occasion/) - Our special thanks to Nathalie Cailhol who is a teacher, mother, bookworm, artist and wife (not necessarily in that order). Her original pieces of art reflect the joys and wonders of childhood. She is delighted that her art can help the world medical fund with its vital work in Malawi. The cards are A5 size - [Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from](https://worldmedicalfund.org/2024/07/14/merry-christmas-and-happy-new-year-from/) - Thanks to our supporters, whose donations through 2020 kept the World Medical Fund's mobile clinics going during a very challenging year. If you believe that all children deserve good health, happiness and joy in their lives then please support us. Let's give children the bright future they deserve https://youtu.be/psqoo1S8ZTc - [WMF health data report: Capturing our life-saving work in numbers](https://worldmedicalfund.org/2024/07/11/wmf-health-data-report-capturing-our-life-saving-work-in-numbers/) - A record of saving young lives WMF delivers free, life-saving medical care to children in the areas where it is needed most, to ensure that sick children in the remotest villages do not become just another sad, anonymous statistic in the child mortality tables. Since 2003, WMF has treated over 400,000 sick children through all - [WMF interviewed about the African Medicines Agency](https://worldmedicalfund.org/2024/07/11/wmf-interviewed-about-the-african-medicines-agency/) - Recently, CIDRAP News (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy) interviewed World Medical Fund (#WMF) Board Member Dr Faiz Kermani about the exciting prospects for the African Medicines Agency (AMA) He also discussed WMF's work in #Malawi in providing free healthcare to children in rural areas. As the #CIDRAP news article explains, the #regulatory agency - [WMF takes part in the Green Santa Campaign](https://worldmedicalfund.org/2024/07/11/wmf-takes-part-in-the-green-santa-campaign/) - If you could ask for one thing for the planet this Christmas, what would it be? For the past few years, Green Santa has been receiving messages from children around the world describing what they want for the planet at Christmas. The Green Santa project was first launched in 2019 by Dr. Laura Kehoe, a - [WMF launches Bright Minds scholarships for 2022](https://worldmedicalfund.org/2024/07/11/wmf-launches-bright-minds-scholarships-for-2022/) - The WMF Malawi Bright Minds Scholarship Programme gives a once in a lifetime opportunity to children who are exceptionally bright but denied the opportunity of secondary education because they are from the poorest of families. These children are from Nkhotakota district, one of the least developed regions of Malawi—itself one of the world’s poorest nations. - [CYCLONE](https://worldmedicalfund.org/2024/07/11/cyclone/) - We initially thought we had missed the storm that caused so much damage in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi but it struck on a Tuesday night around midnight. Our security guards first priority was to make sure the medical students with us were in a safe place and the great news is no one was injured - [THE ECG MACHINE](https://worldmedicalfund.org/2024/07/11/the-ecg-machine/) - Many thanks to Caitlin and Peter for the wonderful donation of this device; we are deeply grateful and it will greatly enhance our diagnostic abilities at the mobile clinics. It is the only ECG machine in the entire district. - [COVID-19 IN AFRICA](https://worldmedicalfund.org/2024/07/11/covid-19-in-africa/) - We are in the front lines in the battle against this deadly virus, for we are the known and trusted medical organisation that has operated throughout the region since 1998. Our mobile clinics reach out to all corners of the region and are the ideal tool to educate the communities on how to limit the - [Look what I made!](https://worldmedicalfund.org/2024/07/11/look-what-i-made/) - We have been educating the local community on the coronavirus pandemic and the need for masks; clearly, it did not fall on deaf ears as a little girl who turned up proudly at our clinic with one she had made from a discarded toothpaste packet. While our nurses were delighted to see that even youngsters - [A Massive Thank you to rock band QUEEN](https://worldmedicalfund.org/2024/07/10/a-massive-thank-you-to-rock-band-queen/) - We are deeply grateful to the Mercury Phoenix Trust, set up in memory of Freddie Mercury and headed by band members Roger Taylor and Brian May who have supported our work in HIV/AIDS since 1998. Our first programme in this field was support for the children orphaned by the HIV/AIDS pandemic that was cited by ## Pages - [Home](https://worldmedicalfund.org/) - We are a small “Dust on the boots” U.K. registered medical charity founded in 1997 and supported by a board of doctors and... - [Mobile Clinic](https://worldmedicalfund.org/mobile-clinic/) - Mobile Clinic OUR MOBILE CLINICS For most children in rural Malawi, this is their only chance of medical care. World Medical Fund brings life-saving treatment directly to sick children in remote villages where healthcare is often non-existent For over 25 years, we have been reaching children in Nkhotakota District with professional, practical medical care delivered - [Malnutrition](https://worldmedicalfund.org/malnutrition/) - Malnutrition is stealing children’s strength — and too often, their lives. In rural Malawi, more and more children are arriving at our clinics dangerously undernourished. What begins as hunger quickly becomes something far more serious: weakened immunity, repeated infection, delayed development, and a growing risk of death. At World Medical Fund, we diagnose and treat - [Thankyou](https://worldmedicalfund.org/thank-you/) - Your donation will truly make a difference We work in one of the world's poorest nations and it will often ensure children do not become just another sad, anonymous statistic in the child mortality tables. Your donation will truly make a difference We work in one of the world's poorest nations and it will often - [Rescuing children from exploitation](https://worldmedicalfund.org/rescuing-children-from-exploitation/) - The London Marathon on Sunday 26 April 2026. Adele runs the Marathon for World Medical Fund We are delighted to announce Dr Adele Jackson will be running and fundraising for us in the marathon. Please support her … My Story and why I'm fundraising for World Medical Fund for Children I began training for my - [Contact](https://worldmedicalfund.org/contact/) - Contact Get in Touch We love catching up with our supporters and want to make speaking to us as easy as possible. Fill in the below form with your inquiry and we'll get back to you as soon as possible. First Name Last Name Email Email Phone Address Subject Type your message here... Send Our - [Get Involved](https://worldmedicalfund.org/get-involved/) - Get Involved Volunteering Opportunities Over the years a number of doctors and nurses have volunteered to spend 3 or 6 months or so with us. Working with an African charity deep in the African bush is a very different world from the high technology environment in the developed world. Armed with just a stethoscope, otoscope/ophthalmoscope - [Caring for Children with AIDS](https://worldmedicalfund.org/caring-for-children-with-aids/) - Caring for Children with AIDS In 2005 antiretroviral medicine became available free of charge in Malawi through the Global Fund rollout of antiretrovirals for everyone infected with the AIDS virus, however children under 13 years of age were excluded.We could no longer stand by and watch these innocent children suffer the painful and undignified death that - [Urgent Appeals](https://worldmedicalfund.org/urgent-appeals/) - Reducing Maternal Mortality A new programme for us: The Nkhotakota District Nursing Officer has brought this urgent challenge to our attention, a truly devastating situation unfolding in maternal health. Despite our resilience as medical professionals, the staggering reality of 17 maternal deaths in the last month has shocked us.What is desperately needed is an antenatal - [Educating the Community](https://worldmedicalfund.org/educating-the-community/) - Educating the Community An essential part of any healthcare programme focused on the African child is education on Public Health issues as there is often a vacuum of knowledge on key areas.These include HIV/AIDS, reproductive health, diet and the importance of hygiene with diarrhoea still a major killer for children.Before every clinic a member of - [Cervical Cancer Screening](https://worldmedicalfund.org/cervical-cancer-screening/) - Cervical Cancer Screening Malawi has the world’s highest mortality rate from cervical cancer with a median survival time from diagnosis of 10 months and a 5-year survival rate of 2.9%.We can do something about this with your help. Using a simple, cost-effective VIA test (Visual Inspection with Acetic acid) we can detect the lesions that will develop - [Children's Mobile Clinic](https://worldmedicalfund.org/childrens-mobile-clinic/) - Children's Mobile Clinic African children in the forgotten villages far from the tarmac road have little or no access to medical care. We discovered the depth of the problem in our AIDS orphan support project. In every village there would be sick and dying children with no hope of medical care (one in five would - [Programs](https://worldmedicalfund.org/programs/) - Programs Children's Mobile Clinic African children in the forgotten villages far from the tarmac road have little or no access to medical care. We discovered the depth of the problem in our AIDS orphan support project. 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