Tackling the Crisis
Pressing health needs across the globe cannot be met without access to basic medical care. Health workers are inequitably distributed throughout the world. We hope to tackle this crisis by increasing access to medical facilities as well as training healthcare workers. Nhyira also hopes to implement education strategies to more actively engage communities and patients in their own health care.
About Us
Nhyira means “Blessing” in Fante, the major local language spoken in the Central and Western Regions of Ghana. Nhyira Medical Relief is a recently founded 501(c)(3) public charitable organization with its operations beginning in late 2013.
What We Do
Ghana has a population of approximately 25 million people. Because of a total lack of resources and equipment in targeted regions, malaria, TB, typhoid and HIV are pressing problems. A 2011 report by the Ghana Health Service revealed that malaria was the primary cause of morbidity and about 32.5 percent of people admitted to Ghanaian medical facilities were admitted because of malaria.
Project Malaria
Nhyira Medical Relief Corporation (NMRC) recognizes that, women’s sexual and reproductive health needs are greatest in countries such as Ghana. We also share a conviction that great untapped potential exists within Ghana to deliver on the promises made under the Millennium Development Goal 5 – to improve maternal health by reducing maternal deaths and providing universal access to reproductive health.
Thanks to the support of 4-H Extension Coordinator, Randie Gray and husband Pete Gray, teen leader Shameka Robinson and South Star owner, Jim Adkins for their part in the donation of Nhyira’s first ambulance!!! Words can not express how thankful we are for this donation because this ambulance will allow the ability to transport patients to and from the clinic safely.