PCP Welcomes Phil Ditto, International Director of Medical and Health Programs

09/21/2023 Paul Carlson Partnership (PCP) is pleased to announce that Phil Ditto has joined the PCP team as Director of International Medical and Health Programs, [...] Read More→

What do dentistry, ultrasound, and maternal health have in common?

A nine-person team will be traveling to DR Congo from September 6-18. Our purpose is to train Congolese providers in techniques that will improve the medical and dental health of the 1.4 million people in the Covenant Church of Congo (CEUM) health system. We will be training in three areas, ultrasound, dental care, and maternal health.

New Diabetes/Hypertension Curriculum in Development

For nearly a year now, a resource group of PCP Medical Ambassadors have been in discussion with their Congolese counterparts to address the growing number [...] Read More→

PCP Medical Ambassadors Retreat Results In New Plans for 2022-2023

The PCP Medical Ambassadors met in March for their second in-person retreat to plan for the future of the PCP Medical Ambassadors program. We determined [...] Read More→

Addressing Severe Acute Malnutrition in DR Congo

In countries like the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), major causes of child mortality are birth asphyxia (death within minutes of delivery), prematurity, respiratory diseases, [...] Read More→

The Christian Nurses Association in Congo

The following story was written by The Christian Nurses Association in Congo and submitted to the Florence Nightingale 2021 website, managed by the Ontario Nurses Association. [...] Read More→

Back to Congo

Dear Mission Friends, For the first time in 2 years, Paul Carlson Partnership and the Covenant Church of Congo connected again in person in DR [...] Read More→

Neonatal Deaths on the Decline

The CEUM Medical team has made gradual improvements over the past four years in decreasing the neonatal mortality rates from 5.5/1,000 live births to 2.7/1,000 [...] Read More→

Planning for 2021 Underway

In spite of Covid, the medical work continues for the doctors, nurses, and medical staff of the CEUM. Covid has not taken a toll in [...] Read More→

Ophthalmology Training Begins

Our partners in Congo find themselves behind the rest of Sub-Sharan Africa in terms of eyecare. For the past three years, the million plus people served by [...] Read More→