Mercy Ships Announces the Global Mercy™, World’s Largest NGO Hospital Ship
Over 16 million people die each year due to lack of surgical care; Mercy Ships builds a response to this world problem for the future…
Mercy Ships Stands with 11 West and Central African Partner Nations in Coronavirus Fight
ACCRA GHANA – 18 June 2020 — Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, Director-General, Ghana Health Services, took delivery of a donation of PPE designated for the nation of Ghana today by Mercy Ships President Rosa Whitaker on behalf of the charity to support the national...
Mercy Ships Mental Health Team Conducts Health and Well-Being eLearning Sessions for Caregivers in West Africa During the COVID Crisis
GARDEN VALLEY, TEXAS, 22 May 2020 – During Mental Health Awareness Week, Mercy Ships highlighted the support for the charity’s West African healthcare colleagues and partners by initiating the first of a number of e-learning training courses in French and English on...
Surgeries Have Begun in Senegal!
We are so excited to celebrate 2-year-old Saliou, our first patient of the new field service! Little Saliou suffered from a cleft lip before receiving surgery that took him one step closer to healing! Saliou and his family now have hope that his future will be...
The Africa Mercy® Arrives in Senegal
This month marks the second time that the Port of Dakar has welcomed a Mercy Ship to its shore. This time it is the Africa Mercy – the largest charity-run hospital ship in the world, delivering free, safe surgical care. This floating hospital is staffed by over...
Creating Lasting Healing
Mercy Ships Medical Capacity Building Program Of the seven billion people on the planet, five billion of them do not have access to safe, timely, and affordable surgery. For nearly two-thirds of the world’s population, the possibility of healing is something they may...
