Malawi Dental Health
There are many things we hope to accomplish. However, our home base in Africa, a government clinic in Blantyre, Malawi is in great need of supplies, personnel and equipment. While it is an exciting adventure for our team, the needs are substantial and the reality of what the patients there are dealing with day to day keep our feet on the ground.
Our Nashville, Tennessee team began its first international mission on Wednesday, December 17, 2008 with a journey across the Atlantic Ocean to Africa.Our team consists of a general dentist, two oral surgeons, a nurse, an intern and a videographer.
Team Members
- Tania Nkungula-Howlett: Organizer - Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon
- Joyce Barbour: General Dentist
- Jonathan Butler: Intern
- Barbra Griffin: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon
- Scott Osborne: Producer
- Mary Wallace: Nurse
We got started researching and planning the actual mission trip by traveling to Malawi in September (2008). Our Nashville team hopes to provide updates from the Dec/Jan trip soon. To see what we did in September and find out more, visit our dental health global outreach Malawi Mission website.
View movies and photos. Read about it on our blog and join our newsletter on this site (use form on left).
Malawi has been makingeconomicgains recently and we see our support in the health area as a way to enhance outcomes for more of its citizens. While providing this type of service is vital no matter what the circumstances, it is very exciting to know it is has the potential to be much more than just a stopgap measure. Below you can review two items that demonstrate this potential.
Here is background on the country of Malawi, recently produced by NBC television.
The video of the NBC Malawi story. above.
