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  • News from the Africa Mercy
    The Africa Mercy is back in Madagascar
    02.02.24
    Mercy Ships is back in Madagascar to bring transformative surgical education and free, life-changing surgeries. 
    The Africa Mercy is back in Madagascar
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    The Africa Mercy is back in Dakar
    04.02.22
    The Africa Mercy has returned as promised to Senegal. We will continue the surgical operations and training that were interrupted by the pandemic.
    The Africa Mercy is back in Dakar
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  • News from the Africa Mercy
    Next field service: Senegal
    22.12.21
    In early 2022, the Mercy Ships hospital ship, the Africa Mercy, will return to Dakar for a humanitarian field service in Senegal.
    Next field service: Senegal
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  • News from the Africa Mercy
    Interrupting our field service
    01.06.20
    The Coronavirus pandemic has impacted Mercy Ships in several areas. It especially affected our mission in Senegal; our hospital ship had to leave Dakar, three months earlier than planned.
    Interrupting our field service
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  • News from the Africa Mercy
    Successful Mission in Senegal
    28.05.20
    Before our hospital ship had to abruptly leave the port of Dakar, the mission in Senegal was very successful: a large number of patients were delivered from their suffering.
    Successful Mission in Senegal
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  • News from the Africa Mercy
    Field service in Senegal is currently suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic
    19.03.20
    Due to the current situation related to COVID-19, WHO recommendations and the resulting increase in travel restrictions, Mercy Ships had to suspend its humanitarian mission in Senegal.
    Field service in Senegal is currently suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic
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  • News from the Africa Mercy
    A 100’000 thanks to you all!
    23.05.19
    This is a milestone for the humanitarian organization created in Lausanne in 1978: the 100,000th free surgery1 on board one of the Mercy Ships hospital ships
    A 100’000 thanks to you all!
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  • News from the Africa Mercy
    First field service in Cameroon
    06.09.17
    The Africa Mercy arrived mid-August 2017 in Cameroon and dropped anchor in the port city of Douala.
    First field service in Cameroon
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  • News from the Africa Mercy
    Africa Mercy in dry dock
    27.07.17
    During our technical stop in the Canary Islands, the Africa Mercy was taken out of the water to check the general condition of her hull and receive a new coat of anti-rust paint.
    Africa Mercy in dry dock
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