by Brenda van Straten | Sep 12, 2022 | News
Mercy Ships is excited to welcome a new International Chief Medical Officer to the helm during an exciting new season for the organization – and for Africa. Dr. Mark Shrime has been serving on board the Africa Mercy® twice a year as a volunteer head and neck surgeon...
by Brenda van Straten | Sep 5, 2022 | News
It was an episode of 60 Minutes that changed the course of Martha Rodriguez’s life. As she watched the show from her Texas home in 2013, she was captivated. The episode was about a Mercy Ships hospital ship, and Martha immediately knew she wanted to be a part of it....
by Brenda van Straten | Sep 5, 2022 | News
Dr. Charlotte Polle-Kaliti is a pioneer. She was the first person from her community to go into medicine, later becoming an obstetrician and gynecologist, then eventually a fistula surgeon. Out of 11 fistula surgeons in her home country of Kenya, she is the only woman...