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Dentistry project in Rwanda
... In Africa infections in the mouth and in the jaw are life-threatening!
However much pain a tooth abscess can cause, it is not dangerous.
Nevertheless, toothache can be terribly painful : you are unable to do anything, you feel ill, you cannot concentrate anymore, you are unable to work .
However, it does become dangerous when the dental nerve has perished and the bacteria begin to penetrate the jawbone from the root of the tooth.
When this happens, the infection in the jawbone begins to progress and every day aggressive bacteria from this infection can enter the body and ultimately the immune system becomes weakened.
When a child is undernourished and suffering from malaria--- this is the moment where the bacteria from the latent infection in the jawbone can have fatal consequences .. just like an assassin.
But also in adults, the immune system becomes weakened as a result of the latent infection in the jawbone. An attack of malaria at this stage becomes even more dangerous and the combination of both can be fatal.
This is the reason why dental treatment in developing countries is often
life-saving.
Since 1990, the fADA Foundation has been raising funds for a dental clinic
in Rwanda where local health workers have been receiving a comprehensive training
in dentistry.
...In Rwanda, with help of your support, life-threatening infections in the jaw can be treated.
fADA concentrates in particular on the majority of the Rwandan population:
people who are unable to pay for any medical treatment. This
is why fADA opened a dental training clinic in 2004.
Read here about
dental infections in developing countries and policies in the ADA dental
training clinic in Nyarutarama, Kigali.
Donors in the Netherlands and Belgium subsidize both the
dental treatment of poor people and the dental training which is given
in their own dental training clinic. In the near future fADA will set
up small satellite clinics in health centres in rural Rwanda in accordance
with the model of the WHO. Local people will also need to be trained for
this purpose.
Contributions towards the progress of the clinic are extremely
welcome. More and more patients are coming to the clinic
for treatment and can only receive treatment with the help
of your support.
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For contributions:
| Name of bank |
Postbank |
| Account |
3394215 |
| BIC |
PSTBNL21 |
| IBAN |
NL56PSTB0003394215 |
| Country |
The Netherlands |
| Account owner |
Stichting fADA |
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Soyez vous-meme le changement que vous desirez voir dans le monde
Let yourself be the change you desire to see in the world
Mahatma Ghandi
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Important information about fADA
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Read here about
dental infections in developing countries and policies
in the ADA dental training clinic in Nyarutarama, Kigali. |
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