On a journey towards quality healthcare

  • Date: 13-Aug-2020
  • Source: Saudi Gazette
  • Sector:Healthcare
  • Country:Oman
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On a journey towards quality healthcare

NAIROBI — In the remote Lamu region, on the northeast coast of Kenya, quality healthcare is hard to come by. Every month, medical staff from Safari Doctors, an NGO founded by Umra Omar, set sail on a boat filled with medicines, to provide free basic medicines to hundreds of marginalized inhabitants in several coastal villages.Despite insecurity near the border with Somalia, and the threats associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, Safari Doctors, which has won several commendations, including a UN award, for its work, continues its monthly visits to the marginalized communities of Lamu.Omar shares