{"id":16511,"date":"2025-04-07T06:45:31","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T06:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/?p=16511"},"modified":"2025-04-07T06:45:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T06:45:31","slug":"journee-mondiale-de-la-sante-comment-mercy-ships-donne-aux-chirurgiens-dafrique-les-moyens-de-developper-un-systeme-de-sante-plus-sain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/fr\/journee-mondiale-de-la-sante-comment-mercy-ships-donne-aux-chirurgiens-dafrique-les-moyens-de-developper-un-systeme-de-sante-plus-sain\/","title":{"rendered":"7 avril 2025 &#8211; Journ\u00e9e Mondiale de la Sant\u00e9 :  Comment Mercy Ships donne aux chirurgiens d\u2019Afrique  les moyens de d\u00e9velopper un syst\u00e8me de sant\u00e9 plus sain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-2mh9hf6-aaf08e9e0f5a9ae14855c1ac2f191777\">\n.flex_column.av-2mh9hf6-aaf08e9e0f5a9ae14855c1ac2f191777{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-2mh9hf6-aaf08e9e0f5a9ae14855c1ac2f191777 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-20slx0y-ade4e436b3ee88605b6c6f8ae3bdbf06\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-20slx0y-ade4e436b3ee88605b6c6f8ae3bdbf06{\nheight:100px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-20slx0y-ade4e436b3ee88605b6c6f8ae3bdbf06 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  av-small-hide av-mini-hide'><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-m95rssp7-ed2ca6e6c4625e5fe26b928ed012a205 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>7 avril 2025 &#8211; Journ\u00e9e Mondiale de la Sant\u00e9 :\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Comment Mercy Ships donne aux chirurgiens d\u2019Afrique <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>les moyens de d\u00e9velopper un syst\u00e8me de sant\u00e9 plus sain<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_16502\" style=\"width: 1040px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16502\" class=\"wp-image-16502 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGD241113_CHANTAL_MGD09618_AFTER_WARD_CHONG_JC001_HI-MID-1030x686.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1030\" height=\"686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGD241113_CHANTAL_MGD09618_AFTER_WARD_CHONG_JC001_HI-MID-1030x686.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGD241113_CHANTAL_MGD09618_AFTER_WARD_CHONG_JC001_HI-MID-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGD241113_CHANTAL_MGD09618_AFTER_WARD_CHONG_JC001_HI-MID-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGD241113_CHANTAL_MGD09618_AFTER_WARD_CHONG_JC001_HI-MID-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGD241113_CHANTAL_MGD09618_AFTER_WARD_CHONG_JC001_HI-MID-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGD241113_CHANTAL_MGD09618_AFTER_WARD_CHONG_JC001_HI-MID-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGD241113_CHANTAL_MGD09618_AFTER_WARD_CHONG_JC001_HI-MID.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-16502\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr David Chong, chirurgien maxillo-facial et cervico-facial examinant Chantal, patiente pr\u00e9sentant une fente labiale et palatine.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Le th\u00e8me de la Journ\u00e9e Mondiale de la Sant\u00e9 2025, \u00ab<\/strong><strong>\u00a0U<\/strong><strong>ne bonne sant\u00e9 \u00e0 la naissance pour un avenir plein d&rsquo;espoir<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u00bb, souligne le besoin urgent de mettre fin aux d\u00e9c\u00e8s maternels et n\u00e9onatals qui pourraient \u00eatre \u00e9vit\u00e9s.<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Chaque ann\u00e9e, environ 300 000 femmes meurent de complications li\u00e9es \u00e0 la grossesse et \u00e0 l&rsquo;accouchement, tandis que des millions de b\u00e9b\u00e9s meurent \u00e0 la naissance et deux millions au cours du premier mois de leur vie.<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>La crise est particuli\u00e8rement grave dans les pays \u00e0 faible revenu, o\u00f9 l&rsquo;acc\u00e8s \u00e0 une chirurgie s\u00fbre est souvent hors de port\u00e9e en raison d&rsquo;obstacles financiers et syst\u00e9miques.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pour les nouveaux-n\u00e9s avec une fente labiale ou palatine dans ces r\u00e9gions, les cons\u00e9quences peuvent \u00eatre mortelles. Les parents ont des difficult\u00e9s \u00e0 alimenter leurs enfants, entra\u00eenant malnutrition, et parfois la mort. La fente labiale et palatine est l&rsquo;anomalie cong\u00e9nitale faciale la plus fr\u00e9quente, touchant une personne sur 500 \u00e0 700 naissances vivantes (<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.lww.com\/plasreconsurg\/Fulltext\/2012\/11001\/Repair_of_Cleft_Lip_In_Utero_by_Reactivation_of.20.aspx\">Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2012<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Dans les pays o\u00f9 l&rsquo;organisation humanitaire internationale Mercy Ships intervient, le traitement chirurgical de ces affections est souvent inaccessible. Les enfants qui ont la chance d&rsquo;\u00eatre op\u00e9r\u00e9s sur le navire-h\u00f4pital rejoignent d&rsquo;abord souvent le programme d&rsquo;alimentation des nourrissons de Mercy Ships afin d&rsquo;acqu\u00e9rir les forces n\u00e9cessaires pour b\u00e9n\u00e9ficier de l\u2019op\u00e9ration qui transformera leur vie. Ces interventions \u00a0permettent un bon d\u00e9part dans la vie et donc un avenir prometteur, ce qui correspond exactement au fondement de la Journ\u00e9e Mondiale de la Sant\u00e9.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16500\" style=\"width: 1040px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16500\" class=\"wp-image-16500 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGD241009_ETA_RAHERISON_CHONG_OR_TT003_HI-MID-1030x686.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1030\" height=\"686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGD241009_ETA_RAHERISON_CHONG_OR_TT003_HI-MID-1030x686.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGD241009_ETA_RAHERISON_CHONG_OR_TT003_HI-MID-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGD241009_ETA_RAHERISON_CHONG_OR_TT003_HI-MID-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGD241009_ETA_RAHERISON_CHONG_OR_TT003_HI-MID-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGD241009_ETA_RAHERISON_CHONG_OR_TT003_HI-MID-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGD241009_ETA_RAHERISON_CHONG_OR_TT003_HI-MID-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGD241009_ETA_RAHERISON_CHONG_OR_TT003_HI-MID.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-16500\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr David Chong, , encadrant Romain Raherison, chirurgien de l&rsquo;ETA, pendant une op\u00e9ration.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>L\u2019un des heureux \u00e9lus<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00c0 bien des \u00e9gards, Joseph, un agriculteur de 22 ans, a fait partie des chanceux, mais le manque d&rsquo;acc\u00e8s \u00e0 des soins chirurgicaux s\u00fbrs a d\u2019abord eu un impact consid\u00e9rable sur sa vie.<\/p>\n<p>Alors qu&rsquo;il approchait de la fin d&rsquo;une marche de 12 heures pour atteindre l&rsquo;<em>Africa Mercy<\/em>\u00ae, amarr\u00e9 dans le port de Toamasina, \u00e0 Madagascar, il se souvenait des nombreuses ann\u00e9es d&rsquo;isolement social dont il avait souffert \u00e0 cause de son bec-de-li\u00e8vre.<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab <em>Si j&rsquo;avais eu des amis, je n&rsquo;aurais pas march\u00e9 seul jusqu\u2019ici<\/em> \u00bb, d\u00e9clare-t-il. \u00ab J<em>e me sens tout le temps seul parce que les gens \u00e9vitent de me cotoyer. Je ne peux m\u00eame pas embaucher d\u2019ouvriers pour travailler dans ma ferme.<\/em> \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>Joseph a grandi avec de grands r\u00eaves, mais le fait d&rsquo;\u00eatre n\u00e9 avec un bec-de-li\u00e8vre est devenu un obstacle \u00e0 leur r\u00e9alisation. \u00ab <em>Je voulais aller \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e9cole et, un jour, devenir politicien&#8230; mais j\u2019ai d\u00fb laisser mon r\u00eave de c\u00f4t\u00e9 \u00e0 cause de ma condition <\/em>\u00bb, confie-t-il.<\/p>\n<p>En 2016, alors que l&rsquo;<em>Africa Mercy<\/em>\u00ae \u00e9tait \u00e0 quai \u00e0 Madagascar, la tante de Joseph avait tent\u00e9 de le persuader de se rendre sur le navire-h\u00f4pital pour b\u00e9n\u00e9ficier d&rsquo;une intervention chirurgicale gratuite. Mais il \u00e9tait terrifi\u00e9 \u00e0 l&rsquo;id\u00e9e de quitter son village pour la premi\u00e8re fois. Des ann\u00e9es plus tard, en 2024, lorsque le navire est revenu dans la nation insulaire, Joseph est courageusement entr\u00e9 dans la salle d&rsquo;op\u00e9ration \u00e0 bord pour \u00eatre soign\u00e9 et d\u00e9couvrir la v\u00e9ritable signification du sentiment d&rsquo;appartenance sociale. Son parcours faisait \u00e9cho \u00e0 l&rsquo;appel de \u00ab\u00a0\u00a0<em>Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures<\/em>\u00a0\u00bb (<em>U<\/em><em>ne bonne sant\u00e9 \u00e0 la naissance pour un avenir plein d&rsquo;espoir<\/em>) ; il brisait les barri\u00e8res de l\u2019isolement pour acc\u00e9der \u00e0 des soins m\u00e9dicaux permettant aux individus d&#8217;embrasser un avenir plein de possibilit\u00e9s.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16506 size-large\" style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;font-size: 16px\" src=\"https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sb-content-hub-XexKQiXXTF6q6nfsQwEn_MGD241009_JOSEPH_MGD08254_BEFORE_WARD_TT003_HIMID-1030x686.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1030\" height=\"686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sb-content-hub-XexKQiXXTF6q6nfsQwEn_MGD241009_JOSEPH_MGD08254_BEFORE_WARD_TT003_HIMID-1030x686.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sb-content-hub-XexKQiXXTF6q6nfsQwEn_MGD241009_JOSEPH_MGD08254_BEFORE_WARD_TT003_HIMID-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sb-content-hub-XexKQiXXTF6q6nfsQwEn_MGD241009_JOSEPH_MGD08254_BEFORE_WARD_TT003_HIMID-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sb-content-hub-XexKQiXXTF6q6nfsQwEn_MGD241009_JOSEPH_MGD08254_BEFORE_WARD_TT003_HIMID-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sb-content-hub-XexKQiXXTF6q6nfsQwEn_MGD241009_JOSEPH_MGD08254_BEFORE_WARD_TT003_HIMID-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sb-content-hub-XexKQiXXTF6q6nfsQwEn_MGD241009_JOSEPH_MGD08254_BEFORE_WARD_TT003_HIMID-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sb-content-hub-XexKQiXXTF6q6nfsQwEn_MGD241009_JOSEPH_MGD08254_BEFORE_WARD_TT003_HIMID.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 14px;font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif\">Joseph, patient pr\u00e9sentant une fente labiale, avant son op\u00e9ration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Red\u00e9couvrir sa vocation <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Le Dr David Chong, chirurgien plasticien reconstructeur australien qui a op\u00e9r\u00e9 Joseph, est venu en 1996 pour la premi\u00e8re fois \u00e0 Madagascar sur l&rsquo;Anastasis en tant que jeune m\u00e9decin. \u00ab <em>Je me souviens de mon \u00e9motion lorsque je suis mont\u00e9 sur le navire<\/em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00bb, raconte-t-il. \u00ab <em>Mon d\u00e9sir d&rsquo;en faire plus dans le domaine de la sant\u00e9 mondiale est n\u00e9 \u00e0 ce moment<\/em>.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<p>Au fil des ans, le Dr Chong a continu\u00e9 \u00e0 \u00eatre b\u00e9n\u00e9vole chez Mercy Ships et d&rsquo;autres ONG \u00e0 Madagascar, y retournant plusieurs fois au cours de sa carri\u00e8re.<br \/>\nEn 2024, il est revenu \u00e0 Madagascar chez Mercy Ships en tant que sp\u00e9cialiste en chirurgie r\u00e9paratrice des fentes labiales et palatines. Il a expliqu\u00e9 pourquoi des adultes comme Joseph vivent souvent avec des fentes labiales non r\u00e9par\u00e9es : \u00ab <em>Madagascar est confront\u00e9 \u00e0 la fois \u00e0 une pauvret\u00e9 g\u00e9n\u00e9ralis\u00e9e et \u00e0 un syst\u00e8me de transport qui laisse de nombreuses communaut\u00e9s isol\u00e9es<\/em>.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<p>La Banque mondiale classe Madagascar parmi les pays \u00e0 faible revenu (PFR)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/madagascar\/overview?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">, avec plus de 80 % de la population vivant sous le seuil de pauvret\u00e9.<\/a>\u00a0Ces difficult\u00e9s \u00e9conomiques limitent l&rsquo;acc\u00e8s aux soins de sant\u00e9, retardent les traitements et maintienent de nombreuses personnes en mauvaise condition (dans un \u00e9tat de sant\u00e9 fragile\u00a0?). Pourtant, la mission de la Journ\u00e9e Mondiale de la Sant\u00e9 est claire : chacun m\u00e9rite un acc\u00e8s aux services de sant\u00e9 essentiels, quelle que soit sa situation \u00e9conomique.<\/p>\n<p>Malgr\u00e9 ces difficult\u00e9s syst\u00e9miques, le Dr Chong souligne le potentiel inexploit\u00e9 du pays, en particulier son personnel m\u00e9dical d\u00e9vou\u00e9 : \u00ab <em>Le syst\u00e8me de sant\u00e9 est m\u00e9diocre, mais il comprend des professionnels de la sant\u00e9 extr\u00eamement talentueux<\/em>.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16504\" style=\"width: 1040px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16504\" class=\"wp-image-16504 size-large\" style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;font-size: 16px\" src=\"https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sb-content-hub-bCrAsm6SKmBoGvZp6AiH_MGD241102_ETA_RASOAMANANTENA_PETHERICK_TT006_HIMID-1030x686.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1030\" height=\"686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sb-content-hub-bCrAsm6SKmBoGvZp6AiH_MGD241102_ETA_RASOAMANANTENA_PETHERICK_TT006_HIMID-1030x686.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sb-content-hub-bCrAsm6SKmBoGvZp6AiH_MGD241102_ETA_RASOAMANANTENA_PETHERICK_TT006_HIMID-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sb-content-hub-bCrAsm6SKmBoGvZp6AiH_MGD241102_ETA_RASOAMANANTENA_PETHERICK_TT006_HIMID-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sb-content-hub-bCrAsm6SKmBoGvZp6AiH_MGD241102_ETA_RASOAMANANTENA_PETHERICK_TT006_HIMID-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sb-content-hub-bCrAsm6SKmBoGvZp6AiH_MGD241102_ETA_RASOAMANANTENA_PETHERICK_TT006_HIMID-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sb-content-hub-bCrAsm6SKmBoGvZp6AiH_MGD241102_ETA_RASOAMANANTENA_PETHERICK_TT006_HIMID-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sb-content-hub-bCrAsm6SKmBoGvZp6AiH_MGD241102_ETA_RASOAMANANTENA_PETHERICK_TT006_HIMID.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-16504\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alida Rasoamanantena, orthophoniste du programme EFPS, encadr\u00e9e par Christina Petherick, orthophoniste.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Renforcer les soins de sant\u00e9 pour les g\u00e9n\u00e9rations futures<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>En 2024, alors que l&rsquo;<em>Africa Mercy<\/em>\u00a0continuait \u00e0 offrir des interventions chirurgicales \u00e0 Madagascar, Mercy Ships et l&rsquo;ONG Operation Smile ont conjointement form\u00e9 et encadr\u00e9 les professionnels de la sant\u00e9 locaux dans le traitement global des fentes. En collaboration avec le gouvernement malgache et gr\u00e2ce au programme ETA de Mercy Ships (Enseignement, Formation et Promotion de la sant\u00e9), des chirurgiens malgaches, des anesth\u00e9sistes, des infirmi\u00e8res sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9es dans la nutrition et l&rsquo;orthophonie, ainsi qu&rsquo;un dentiste &#8211; b\u00e9n\u00e9vole dans le pays avec Operation Smile &#8211; sont venus \u00e0 bord pour une formation sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9e. Le Dr Chong a jou\u00e9 un r\u00f4le cl\u00e9 dans la conduite de cette formation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Des chirurgiens au grand c\u0153ur <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Voir des patients comme Joseph \u00e0 bord de l&rsquo;<em>Africa Mercy<\/em>\u00a0n&rsquo;a pas surpris le professeur Romain Raherison, chirurgien p\u00e9diatre malgache. Son patient le plus \u00e2g\u00e9 souffrant d&rsquo;une fente labiale \u00e9tait une femme de 66 ans.<br \/>\nNous lui avons demand\u00e9 pourquoi elle voulait encore se faire op\u00e9rer \u00e0 son \u00e2ge et elle nous a r\u00e9pondu : \u00ab <em>Pendant plus de 50 ans, j&rsquo;ai voulu mettre du rouge \u00e0 l\u00e8vres et me maquiller comme toutes les femmes<\/em> \u00bb \u00bb, raconte le professeur Romain.<\/p>\n<p>Depuis qu&rsquo;il est devenu chirurgien en 2008, il a consacr\u00e9 sa carri\u00e8re \u00e0 la chirurgie dans la capitale de Madagascar et dans les r\u00e9gions recul\u00e9es du pays en tant que b\u00e9n\u00e9vole aupr\u00e8s d&rsquo;ONG telles qu\u2019Operation Smile.<\/p>\n<p>Pourtant, il reste tr\u00e8s conscient des lacunes du syst\u00e8me. \u00ab <em>Nous n&rsquo;avons pas assez de chirurgiens malgaches qui ma\u00eetrisent vraiment la chirurgie des fentes labiales et palatines<\/em> \u00bb, explique-t-il, soulignant l&rsquo;un des d\u00e9fis auxquels est confront\u00e9 le syst\u00e8me de sant\u00e9.<br \/>\nLe professeur Romain s&rsquo;est install\u00e9 avec sa famille \u00e0 Toamasina pour mettre en place un service de chirurgie p\u00e9diatrique dans un h\u00f4pital public et enseigner \u00e0 la facult\u00e9 de m\u00e9decine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mise en place d&rsquo;un syst\u00e8me complet de traitement des fentes labiales et palatines \u00e0 Madagascar<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>La formation a \u00e9galement port\u00e9 sur des aspects essentiels du traitement des fentes, tels que la nutrition, l&rsquo;orthophonie et la dentisterie. Cette approche globale visant \u00e0 renforcer le syst\u00e8me de sant\u00e9 malgache illustre ce que le Dr Chong appelle le \u2018travail en diagonal\u2019 qui combine les approches patient et syst\u00e8me. \u00ab <em>Nous traitons un patien<\/em><em>t, mais nous cherchons aussi un moyen de cr\u00e9er un changement \u00e0 long terme<\/em> \u00bb, souligne-t-il.<\/p>\n<p>Cette mission est tr\u00e8s personnelle pour l&rsquo;infirmi\u00e8re p\u00e9diatrique et nutritionniste Nivoharilala Niry Rakotoarimanana, qui a particip\u00e9 \u00e0 la formation. Elle est passionn\u00e9e par la recherche de solutions destin\u00e9es \u00e0 r\u00e9duire la malnutrition chez les enfants malgaches, en particulier les enfants souffrant de fentes labiales et palatines.<\/p>\n<p>En travaillant aux c\u00f4t\u00e9s de nutritionnistes b\u00e9n\u00e9voles \u00e0 bord de l&rsquo;<em>Africa Mercy<\/em>, Niry a appris comment aider les patients \u00e0 se nourrir correctement avant et apr\u00e8s l&rsquo;op\u00e9ration. \u00ab <em>J&rsquo;ai vraiment acquis des connaissances, pas seulement th\u00e9oriques, mais aussi concr\u00e8tes en participant au travail<\/em> \u00bb, explique-t-elle.<\/p>\n<p>L&rsquo;orthophonie est un autre aspect essentiel de la prise en charge globale des fentes. La chirurgie n&rsquo;est que le d\u00e9but de la gu\u00e9rison pour les patients souffrant de fentes labiales et palatines ; l&rsquo;expertise d&rsquo;un orthophoniste est n\u00e9cessaire pour retrouver compl\u00e8tement la parole.<br \/>\n\u00ab <em>Dans un pays comme Madagascar, il n&rsquo;y a pas d&rsquo;orthophonistes<\/em> \u00bb, explique le Dr Chong. \u00ab\u00a0<em>Alors, comment offrir des soins complets sans orthophonistes ?\u00a0\u00bb<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>La r\u00e9ponse r\u00e9side dans la formation et l&rsquo;autonomisation d&rsquo;individus comme Alida Rasoamanantena, \u00e9tudiante \u00e0 l&rsquo;universit\u00e9 en sciences du langage et aspirant \u00e0 devenir orthophoniste. \u00c0 bord de l&rsquo;<em>Africa Mercy<\/em>, Alida a trouv\u00e9 un mentor aupr\u00e8s de l&rsquo;orthophoniste b\u00e9n\u00e9vole australienne Christina Petherick, qui l&rsquo;a guid\u00e9e dans l&rsquo;am\u00e9lioration de ses comp\u00e9tences.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cr\u00e9er un avenir sain et plein d&rsquo;espoir<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercyships.org\/freedom-from-fistula-partnership\/\">Une clinique de traitement de la fistule obst\u00e9trique \u00e0 Madagascar<\/a>\u00a0apporte la gu\u00e9rison aux femmes malgaches qui n&rsquo;ont pas acc\u00e8s \u00e0 des soins abordables. 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transforment des vies'>Un policier sierra-l\u00e9onais est le premier patient \u00e0 \u00eatre op\u00e9r\u00e9 \u00e0 bord du navire-h\u00f4pital qui vient de revenir dans le pays pour dispenser des formations et des interventions chirurgicales qui transforment des vies<\/a><\/h3><span class=\"blog-categories minor-meta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/fr\/category\/communique-de-presse\/\" rel=\"tag\">Communiqu\u00e9 de presse<\/a> <\/span><span class=\"av-vertical-delimiter\"><\/span><\/header><\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><span class='hidden'>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/SLG240902_FIRST_PATIENT_SAHR_SLG08547_MVP002_HI-MID.jpg<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='height'>1333<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span 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