Mit einer mobilen Ohrenklinik in einem Land Rover fahren sie durch das Land und untersuchen so bis zu 10 ‘ 000 Menschen jährlich auf Gehörprobleme.
Meningitis, Malaria, Lassa-Fieber und Masern sind die Hauptursachen für Hörverlust in Gambia.Oft glauben die Einwohner allerdings, Verwünschungen oder Hexerei seien der Grund für schlechtes Hören oder Taubheit.
Umso wichtiger ist es hier, möglichst viele Menschen über anatomische und medizinische Grundlagen aufzuklären.
www.hear-the-world.comThey travel around the country in a Land Rover set up as a mobile hearing clinic, carrying out audiological examinations on up to 10,000 people each year.
Meningitis, malaria, Lassa fever and measles are the main causes of hearing loss in the Gambia, yet the local inhabitants often believe that poor hearing and deafness are the result of curses or witchcraft.
This makes it all the more important to give as many people here as possible a basic grounding in anatomical and medical knowledge.
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