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Mission of Mercy: Duke medical team travels to Africa

A team from Duke's Division of Global Neurosurgery is in Uganda, Africa to perform life-saving and life-altering medical procedures.

Amanda Lamb traveled with a team from Duke University Division of Global Neurosurgery to Uganda on a mission to provide medical care to the needy. You followed her journey on WRAL.com. Tune in beginning Thursday at 6 for her stories of hope and transformation.

Mission of Mercy: A WRAL documentary
For 10 years, members of the Duke Global Neurosurgery and Neuroscience group have taken a medical team to hospitals in Uganda twice a year to establish and maintain neurosurgery programs. Reporter Amanda Lamb and photojournalist Chad Flowers from WRAL News traveled with the Duke team this year to document their efforts in Africa.

November 28, 2017 5:53 p.m. EST
Duke team promotes aftercare for Ugandan patients
The medical team from Duke University helped create a four-bed ICU to treat Ugandan patients in need of medical care.

July 13, 2018 9:55 a.m. EDT
Duke University medical team sets up OR to provide needed surgery in Uganda
A medical team from Duke University Hospital has set up and operating room in Uganda and has begun the task of performing medical procedures.

July 13, 2018 9:55 a.m. EDT
Christian Life orphanage helps lift needy Ugandan children
In Uganda, Christian Life Ministries is helping poor children overcome poverty and neglect and giving them a chance at obtaining an education and a new life.

November 3, 2017 2:28 p.m. EDT
Mission of Mercy: Duke neurosurgeons trek to Africa to train, treat the sick
The night before their 7,300-mile trip to Kampala, Uganda the medical team from Duke packed suitcases full of supplies and a big dose of courage. The team traveled to Africa to provide life-saving procedures for Ugandans in need.

July 13, 2018 9:55 a.m. EDT
Trip to Uganda: Transformative visit?
Accompanying a medical team from Duke to Uganda to provide life-saving medical treatment has profoundly affected WRAL's Amanda Lamb.

October 25, 2017 5:20 p.m. EDT
Nurses share training, human connection in Ugandan mission of mercy
Nurses in the Duke Global Neurosurgery and Neuroscience program in Uganda said they are teaching and learning from their counterparts.

October 26, 2017 10:28 a.m. EDT
A humble beginning on mission of mercy
The medical team from Duke is assembled, and we are on our way to Uganda via Amsterdam. Everyone is excited, and a little nervous, as many of us first timers don't know what to expect.

October 20, 2017 7:14 p.m. EDT
PHOTOS: Mission of Mercy: Uganda
WRAL News reporter Amanda Lamb is in Uganda, Africa to capture the story of Duke neurologists who have have traveled across the globe to train medical personnel and perform life-saving and life-altering surgeries.

October 26, 2017 10:20 a.m. EDT
How Duke doctors hope to make Ugandan surgery program sustainable
Doctors from a Duke University program are hoping to build a sustainable surgical unit in Uganda so native doctors can continue after the Americans leave.

November 7, 2017 11:03 a.m. EST
Scarce resources, power outages slow down Duke team's operations in Uganda
A lack of resources and occasional power outages slowed down doctors from Duke University as they tried to operate on patients in Uganda.

November 4, 2017 12:38 p.m. EDT
Ugandans with medical needs get lift from Duke physicians
A team of physicians from Duke have traveled to Uganda to provide life-saving medical procedures. WRAL News was able to document their trip and their mission of mercy.

November 1, 2017 11:53 p.m. EDT
RAW: Ugandan children sing during chapel service
Joyful children's voices fill the air at a chapel service in Uganda.

October 26, 2017 10:43 a.m. EDT
RAW: Welcome to Ugandan classroom
Ugandan children greet visitors to their classroom.

October 26, 2017 10:43 a.m. EDT
Aftercare in focus now that Duke OR is operational
The team from Duke has set up the operating room and now the focus has shifted to patient after-care.

October 24, 2017 12:51 p.m. EDT
Duke team focuses on aftercare for Ugandan patients
Surgeries with the Duke medical team continue in Uganda today, but the focus now for the first patients is aftercare.

July 13, 2018 3:16 p.m. EDT
Duke physicians begin task of treating Ugandan patients
Duke doctors are working with physicians from Stanford and Uganda now that the operating room has been set up as the team brings life-saving medical procedures to the African patients who need them.

July 13, 2018 3:16 p.m. EDT
Amanda Lamb in Africa: Duke neurosurgeons prep for medical procedures and 'miracles' in Uganda
Several Duke neurosurgeons are setting up two operating rooms and an intensive care unit to treat Ugandan residents who have not had easy access to medical care.

July 13, 2018 3:16 p.m. EDT
WRAL's Amanda Lamb travels with Duke neurosurgeons to Uganda
Amanda Lamb will be traveling with the 22 medical personnel from Duke's Division of Global Neurosurgery and Neuroscience heading to Uganda.

July 13, 2018 3:16 p.m. EDT
In Uganda, Duke team gets to work
The medical team from Duke has begun the task of treating patients in Uganda.

October 23, 2017 3:01 p.m. EDT