Articles from Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB)

“Swim for Hope” will raise money for a gap in life-threatening equipment and treatment in Kenyan cancer care

Ondo State, Nigeria, July 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CMMB (Catholic Medical Mission Board) today announced the expansion of its Noncommunicable Disease Impact Initiative (NCDI) to Nigeria in partnership with the Rolan Foundation. Building on CMMB’s recent NCDI rollout in Sierra Leone, the new program site adds a third African country to the NCDI footprint and marks continued momentum toward expanding affordable care for diabetes and hypertension across underserved settings.

Freetown, Sierra Leone, March 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB) is expanding its Noncommunicable Disease Impact Initiative (NCDI) to Sierra Leone through a new phase of collaboration with Healey International Relief Foundation. The organizations have partnered for over a decade under CMMB’s Access to Medicines Program, and this expansion builds on that longstanding relationship. First piloted in Kenya, the initiative will increase access to first-line treatment for diabetes and hypertension—two of the leading causes of death globally and key contributors to the growing burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in Sierra Leone.  

Juba, South Sudan, Aug. 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB) is launching an emergency response in South Sudan as compounding crises threaten thousands of lives in Upper Nile region and Central Equatoria State. The devastating cholera outbreak has already infected more than 85,700 people as of August 5—many of them children under 14—with case fatality rates at times exceeding World Health Organization (WHO) emergency thresholds. Meanwhile, a hunger crisis deepens across most of the country.

Public health leader Derek Yach, MBChB, MPH, will advance CMMB’s noncommunicable disease initiatives

Powers recognized as first female President in CMMB history