How Mercy Ships Provides Free Critical Surgery For People With No Access

Across much of sub-Saharan Africa, a treatable medical condition can quietly reshape a life. A cleft palate that would be repaired in infancy elsewhere becomes a barrier to nutrition, language, schooling and quality of life. A tumor on the jaw grows until eating becomes impossible. Cataracts, routinely removed in Western hospitals, leave millions blind for years. The problem is rarely the condition itself. It is access.Roughly 5 billion people worldwide lack access to surgical care. In the regio