MISSION

Ghana 2025

Highlights
Mission Goals

Operation International’s UK Chapter finished their fourth mission in Ghana, completing 74 cases in one week. A number of the cases included multiple procedures, including bilateral inguinal hernias, hernia and lipoma excisions, and more. The team also provided training to local doctors through structured sessions on basic surgical skills and core skills in laparoscopy surgery during the trip.

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Team members

Sala Abdalla
General Surgeon, Director and Team Leader
Philomena Ohene-Yeboah
Nurse
Tanya Williams
Nurse
Karim Sillah
Surgeon, Team Leader
Babayemi Soile
General Surgeon, Co-lead and RCS Stefan Galeski Fellow
Mohammed Mohammed
General Surgeon
Isabel Pereira
General Surgeon
Comfort Raji
Nurse
Mathias Kelly
Nurse anaesthesia provider

Mission details

The first Operation International UK-US collaboration was in Ghana 2019, where the team performed 143 operations in a week. Volunteers are committed to making lifesaving surgery available to our most underserved communities.

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