RESURGE – HEALTH CARE – TANZANIA – PHOTO

Over the last forty five years, ReSurge International built health care capacity and provided more than 100,000 surgeries in developing countries. In September and October of 2015, U.S. medical volunteers from ReSurge International worked with doctors at St. Gaspar Hospital in Itigi, Tanzania to transfer skills and provide reconstructive surgical care for the poor. Severe burns and other health issues that require surgery remain a hidden crisis in developing regions of the world, particularly for poor women and children. Project goal: still and video documentary support to assist in ongoing advocacy, fund raising, and awareness initiatives. Sample images from this project are below.

TEACHING, RESURGE INTERNATIONAL, ST. GASPAR HOSPITAL, ITIGI, TANZANIASISTERHOOD, ST. GASPAR HOSPITAL, ITIGI, TANZANIAOPERATING THEATER SET UP, ST. GASPAR HOSPITAL, ITIGI, TANZANIAMUSA, SUFFERING FROM BONE DEFORMITY IN FOOT, ST. GASPAR HOSPITAL, ITIGI, TANZANIAKNOWLEDGE TRANSFER, ST. GASPAR HOSPITAL, TANZANIASURGERY TRAINING WITH UNIVERSITY AND HOSPITAL STAFF, ST. GASPAR HOSPITAL, ITIGI, TANZANIAPRE SURGERY CLINIC, ST. GASPAR HOSPITAL, ITIGI, TANZANIARECORDING SURGERY TECHNIQUE FOR BURN CONTRACTIONS, ST. GASPAR HOSPITAL ITIGI, TANZANIAJONAS, AFTER Z-PLASTY SURGERY FOR BURN CONTRACTION, ST. GASPAR HOSPITAL, ITIGI, TANZANIAMORNING RITUAL, COURTYARD, ST. GASPAR HOSPITAL, TANZANIAPRE SURGERY CLINIC, MARIA, BURNED IN A TRAGIC AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT, ST. GASPAR HOSPITAL, ITIGI, TANZANIAMONTHLY MARKET, ITIGI, TANZANIACHICKENS FOR SALE, NDOGO MARKET, TANZANIA COLLABORATION BETWEEN LOCAL AND RESURGE DOCTORS, ST. GASPAR HOSPITAL, ITIGI, TANZANIAJONAS AND HIS MOTHER AT HOME, POST SURGERY, TANZANIAPORCH PALS, VILLAGE NEAR ITIGI, TANZANIASIMBA, RECOVERING FROM SURGERY AFTER A LEOPARD ATTACK, ST. GASPAR HOSPITAL, ITIGI, TANZANIATRAINING A NEW GENERATION, ST. GASPAR HOSPITAL, ITIGI, TANZANIAPRE SURGERY CLINIC, JANUS WITH ARM CONTRACTION POST BURN, ST. GASPAR HOSPITAL, ITIGI, TANZANIARESURGE INTERNATIONAL AND LOCAL MEDICAL TEAM, ST. GASPAR HOSPITAL, ITIGI, TANZANIA