The Granaths Go to Africa

This blog is about my dad and I taking a trip to Niger this August in 2012. My dad, Brad, is a family doc who specializes in obstetrics. I'm a pre-med student with clinic experience. We'll be volunteering at a hospital in Galmi, Niger for 10 days.

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Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Pictures from the Hospital







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Links

  • WHO information
  • World Factbook: Niger
  • Galmi Hospital
  • Dr. Granath

Blog Archive

  • ▼  2012 (45)
    • ▼  August (44)
      • Sat August 25, 2012 We are back home in the state...
      • Katy's Conclusion
      • Aug 20 We Go to the Capitol
      • Brad hands Stephen a check of Winnemucca Christi...
      • SIM Air
      • We are flying from Galmi to the capitol: Niamey ...
      • Pictures- Joe, Esther, Newborns
      • The Worst Place on Earth to Be a Mother
      • Newborns and Cholera
      • C-Sections at Galmi
      • 8/17 Pictures
      • Brad's Friday
      • Surgery and Ultrasound
      • Brad's Fourth Day
      • HIV in Galmi
      • Snake Bite
      • Maternity Patients with Esther
      • Katy's Third Day
      • Emergency C-Section
      • Malaria in Galmi
      • Pictures from the Hospital
      • Inside the pharmacy!
      • Brad's Day 2
      • Inside the hospital!
      • Katy's First Day
      • Brad's First Night On Call
      • Where in the world are we??
      • Niamey and Flight to Galmi
      • Leaving Niamey
      • Finally in Galmi!
      • A DELAY...
      • Update from around the world 8-10-12
      • Update by Robin
      • Paris Stop
      • Katy with our 250 lbs medical suppies.
      • No title
      • Leavin on a Jet Plane
      • 2:30am August 9
      • Daddy and Daughter
      • Last Day of Clinic
      • Visit from Mark
      • Sabbath
      • Stepping out in Faith
    • ►  July (1)

Niger

Population: 17 million

80% Muslim

Life Expectancy: 53

Literacy Rates:
Men - 43%
Women - 15%

Niger has the 2nd worst infant mortality rate in the world. (109/1,000 live births), and an extreme maternal mortality rate as well (820/100000 live births).

Malaria and diarrheal disease are major killers.

source

SIM Galmi Hospital

The hospital in Galmi is run by an organization called Serving in Missions. It serves an area populated by about a million people.

There are 8 full-time doctors.

It has 100 beds but has an average census of 150 patients

There are 2,400 deliveries per year.

And one obstetrician.

This is us

This is us

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