Health Care
The Sisters of St Louis are engaged in a wide range of health care services. Some are trained as nurses, doctors, midwives, physiotherapists, hospital/clinic administrators and teachers. We work in hospitals, clinics and in outreach programmes.
We collaborate with various agencies in preventing, treating and raising awareness about HIV/Aids, and we offer support programmes and community-based care, which enables the rehabilitation and reintegration of those affected by the disease.
Access to health care for all is central to our approach, as is attentive listening, comforting, respecting dignity, and enabling informed decision-making.
Theresa Peter SSL (left) and Augusta Ozor SSL (right), who are part of the Breast Cancer Screening team at Our Lady’s Catholic Hospital, Iseyin, Nigeria
Esther Adzah SSL attending to a patient at St John’s Clinic, Domeabra, Ghana
Cecilia Olusanya SSL conducting an eye examination on a patient at the Atupa Eye Clinic, Nigeria
Irene Ballakpa SSL cares for a new baby during an outreach visit from the Catholic Clinic, Oku, Ghana
Martina Ariyo SSL taking a baby’s vital signs at Owo Hospital, Nigeria
Agnes Adebayo SSL weighing a child at the Health Centre in Akpassi, Republic of Benin
A nurse at a rural outstation in Oku, Ghana. The Oku Outreach Clinic is run by the Sisters of St Louis.
Esther Adzah SSL, the Medical Assistant, at John’s Health Centre, Domeabra, Ghana
Cecilia Olusanya SSL conducting a check up on a pregnant woman in the Maternity Department of St Louis Hospital, Zonkwa, Nigeria
Mary Owusu Frimpong SSL conducting an eye exam at St Michael’s Hospital, Pramso, Ghana