by Admin | Feb 28, 2025 | blog
Africa is facing a significant health care challenge. By 2030, the continent is expected to experience a deficit of over 6 million health care professionals. For every 10 000 people, Africa has only two doctors and 11 nurses and midwives. Compare this to North...
by Admin | Feb 21, 2025 | News
By 2030, Africa is projected to face over half of the global shortage of surgical care providers, with a shortfall of 6 million professionals. Currently, Africa has the fewest surgeons and anaethetists per capita worldwide, according to the World Health Organization....
by Admin | Jan 21, 2025 | News, Stories
For the first time, little Kgomotso actually looked forward to going back to school this year. Thanks to the surgery he received from Operation Smile, he can now face his classmates with a big, confident smile on his face. Last year, he was teased and bullied...
by Admin | Nov 6, 2024 | special
Our Operation Smile team traveled to Mthatha over the weekend of 1-3 November to bring life changing surgery to cleft patients from the surrounding rural areas. Over the two days, the team performed 8 cleft lip surgeries, 14 cleft palate surgeries and one fistula. In...
by Admin | Oct 22, 2024 | special
Operation Smile, together with Microsoft, is piloting an AI programme to assist in patient diagnosis and educating surgeons in remote areas. Watch as the story of Adolphe and his family, who live in Rwanda, unfolds in this new mini documentary (above) called...
