Rapport   OPÉRATION SOURIRE - ACTIVITY REPORT 2006

Contents

• Introduction
• I. Opération Sourire aims to put a smile back on faces
• Pathologies, sources of exclusion
• Opération Sourire’s response
  • 1- Surgery
  • 2- Training of local medical staff
• II. Summary of the year
• Opération Sourire in 2006 in a few figures.
• Age of patients receiving surgery in 2006
• Pathologies of patients receiving surgery in 2006 by country
• III. Missions
• The map
• The missions of Opération Sourire in 2006
• The members of Opération Sourire
• Benin/Togo
• Cambodia
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia
• Laos
• Madagascar
• Mali
• Mongolia
• Niger
• Pakistan
• Rwanda
• Opération Sourire’s projects for 2007

Introduction

Since the first operation was carried out in Battambang, Cambodia, 16 years ago, Opération Sourire has branched out to more than 13 countries, carrying surgeries in response to the needs of the local population.

Since it began, Opération Sourire has put a smile back on the faces of more than 5,000 patients.

In 2006, 25 missions of 8 to 15 days were conducted by teams of medical professionals (surgeons, nurses and anaesthetists) in 10 countries in Africa and Asia. The teams were able to provide surgery to bring a smile back to 670 patients in 2006…