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Chirurgie et humanitaire

25 mars 2006 - 2 ème recontres chirurgicales. Cette journée, organisée au siège de Médecins du Monde, est née de cette exigence de partage des expériences. Elle est née de l'envie de trouver ensemble des réponses à tout ce questionnement qui préoccupe le chirurgien en déplacement.

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16/11/2005 Opération sourire

Rendre un visage à ceux que la guerre, la maladie et la malnutrition ont défiguré.

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19/07/2007 Vidéos - Opération Sourire

Juillet 2007 - L'Opération Sourire a pour ambition de rendre un visage à ceux que la guerre, la maladie et la malnutrition ont défigurés, et de permettre à de personnes exclues par leur handicap de retrouver une vie sociale. Interview de François Foussadier, chirurgien responsable de la mission.

16/07/2007 Rapport - OPÉRATION SOURIRE - ACTIVITY REPORT 2006
21/06/2006 Plaquette d'information - Give me a Smile

In 1989, while on a mission to Cambodia, Dr François Foussadier, a founding member of Médecins du Monde, observed that there was a high demand for reconstructive surgery.Many patients, especially children, suffered from serious physical lesions (burns, malformations, tumours).

Temoignage

Noma The disease of the poor

Since 1997, Operation Sourire has been conducting surgery sessions twice a yearin Niger to reconstruct the faces of children suffering from a largely unknown disease: Noma.

Video

15 ans de l'Opération Sourire (France 3)

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Camboge - Operation sourire (2006)

Photos Annabelle Quenet

Mission Opération Sourire

CHIFFRES

Countries of intervention in 2005 : Benin, Cambodia, Eritrea, Madagascar, Mali, Mongolia, Niger, Pakistan, Rwanda

Sources of funding : private funds, businesses, foundations
Budget 2005 : 324,324 euros

Opération Sourire's aim is to put a smile back on the faces of those who have been disfigured by war, illness and malnutrition and to enable people excluded because of their disability to have a social life again. Plastic surgery still does not exist in the health system of many countries because of a lack of qualified human resources, equipment and infrastructure. Due to the considerable demand for plastic surgery and the complete lack of treatment for patients, the doctors of Opération Sourire are working amongst this forgotten population.

Activities and salient points in 2005

Activities:

2005 was the year when the Opération Sourire projects' long term future was confirmed. These projects are more and more vital and becoming locally integrated. In particular, they reinforce the training given to local teams. Opération Sourire's work is thus gradually changing from replacing local staff to strengthening the skills of local healthcare teams.

Outlook:

Opération Sourire's projects are continuing, especially on the training side, to ensure that the local teams are integrating their new skills. In this context, Opération Sourire wants to take part in developing and setting up local centres, with increased capacity in terms of recruiting patients and post-operative monitoring. Recruiting local staff and strengthening management capacity should help achieve this objective.Projects to build plastic surgery centres with the involvement of Opération Sourire are being developed in Benin, Cambodia and Niger.