Promoting oral care in Chitral
Dental care is hard to come by for families in Chitral, so the Aga Khan Health Services and Noor Dental Clinic teamed up to bring it to their villages, undertaking 1,500 procedures in 10 days.
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First electronic ear implant surgery helps child to hear
When he wasn’t speaking the parents of two-year-old Danyal brought their son to the Aga Khan Hospital, Dar es Salaam for a check-up and found that he had severe hearing loss. This led the hospital to perform its first cochlear implant surgery.
Breaking the bias
Take a tour through these photos and meet the women and men whose actions and attitudes are helping to create a world in which our daughters can feel safer, more respected and ready to thrive and lead.
Aga Khan Hospital to offer cost free services to qualifying groups
The Aga Khan Hospital will start offering quality care treatment to qualifying patients in need at no cost. The development comes thanks to EUR 2.3 million ($2.6 million) of grant funds issued to the Aga Khan Hospitals in East Africa (Tanzania and Kenya) by France, through the French Development Agency. The funding has been issued through Proparco, the private sector financing arm of AFD Group, the French Development Agency, to help increase access to health care services by boosting oxygen supply and supporting patients with quality care. Nabil Hajlaoui, French Ambassador to Tanzania said “thanks to the historic partnership between AFD Group and the Aga Khan Development Network, much needed support will be specifically targeted towards underprivileged patients, thus helping make health systems more inclusive and better equipped to meet the need of communities in the future.”
High-rise project to fund SoBo’s hospital facility
The 77-year-old Prince Aly Khan Hospital at Nesbit Road, Mazagaon, India, is being upgraded through a community-funded project. The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) has announced the launch of construction and sales at The Aga Hall Estate, an upcoming residential high-rise project in south Mumbai, to fund a new hospital facility. The 350-bed facility will be located on Nesbit Road, opposite its current location. Princess Zahra Aga Khan said, “Aga Hall Estate has a long history associated with generations of my family and has been at the centre of community life for many decades, providing homes, education and health facilities to residents and the broader community of south Mumbai." The project is scheduled to be completed in 2029.
Fighting cancer in Tanzania
The Tanzania Comprehensive Cancer Project – implemented by the Aga Khan Health Services in collaboration with Tanzanian government hospitals – is making huge changes to reduce suffering for cancer patients.