Nhyira Medical Relief-
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.
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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. Prior to the organization’s inception, Nhyira founder Mrs. Sabina Amporful and her husband Dr. Sam G. Amporful opened the Nhyira acute care […]
What We Do
Why It Matters: 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 […]
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 […]
Local teen and business helping lives in Ghana
March 2, 2015
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 Learn More
Our Facility
The Nhyira Acute Care Facility has 22 beds and has provided 24/7 care since its opening. The facility is equipped with a medical laboratory and pharmacy. On staff are 2 doctors, a physician’s assistant, 3 midwives, and 8 nurses. The most common diseases our doctors treat include malaria, typhoid, dehydration, diabetes, hypertension, and cholera. Our team […]
Medical Laboratory
Nhyira Clinic is capable of offering our patients greatly enhanced diagnostic services. Our fully automated chemistry analyzer can run critical chemistry profiles on patients in addition to diagnosing the most common ailments, like malaria and cholera. The Nhyira Medical laboratory is the only lab within a ________radius with these diagnostic capabilities.
Medical Education
According to the World Health Organization, Africa bears 25% of the global burden of disease, yet only has approximately 3% of the world’s healthcare workers. African communities suffer simply because they cannot access medical care from trained personnel. This means that those in rural communities have virtually zero access to proper healthcare. When doctors go into residency…… Providing […]
Mobile Outreach
Nhyira has plans to operate a Mobile Medical Outreach Service in more remote locations in Ghana. Grant funds and donations will enable us to provide these services to those with no functional health facilities and no ability to reach our health facility. Our community outreach team will conduct drop-in services a few times each month […]
