Mwajuma is a seven-month-old boy from Tanzania who has hydrocephalus, a condition that causes swelling of fluid around his brain, within an encephalocele. An encephalocele is caused by failure of the neural tube to close completely during fetal development, causing sac-like protrusions of the brain through openings in the skull. The fluid and encephalocele create pressure on the brain and put Mwajuma at risk for serious health problems and developmental delays. He is already suffering from mild blindness.
African Mission Healthcare Foundation needs our help to pay for the insertion of a shunt to drain the fluid from Mwajuma’s brain and a surgery to remove the encephalocele. They say that with treatment, there’s a good chance Mwajuma can develop into a healthy boy.
Mwajuma is his parents’ first child. His father works as a day laborer but doesn’t earn enough money to pay for Mwajuma’s treatment, which costs $1,025. Let’s fund Mwajuma’s treatment so he can grow up like other kids!
Mwajuma is a seven-month-old boy from Tanzania who has hydrocephalus, a condition that causes swelling of fluid around his brain, within an ...
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Mwajuma needed two surgeries to properly treat his hydrocephalus.
His first surgery to insert a shunt that would drain the fluid went well. Mwajuma was discharged from the hospital to recover before his scheduled second surgery to remove the large encephalocele protruding from his head.
Unfortunately, Mwajuma’s parent’s have not returned him to the hospital for his second surgery, and repeated attempts to locate or contact the family have gone unanswered.
At the moment, nothing further can be done until Mwajuma is brought back to the hospital. We are disappointed to have to share this news, but we are committed to transparently reporting all outcomes to you - even the ones we wish were different. Thank you for making it possible for Mwajuma to access the care he needed.
His first surgery to insert a shunt that would drain the fluid went well. Mwajuma was discharged from the hospital to recover before his sch...
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