Launch of the Family Curriculum in Nairobi, Kenya
On 23 and 24 May 2025 a Family Curriculum Workshop was launched in Nairobi, Kenya.
Managed by the Aured Kenya, a Kenyan centre of excellence for children with hearing loss, a two-day interactive hands-on workshop provided guidelines and coaching to parents and caregivers of children who use cochlear implants. Rehabilitation specialists empowered the participating families with practical strategies and tools to efficiently support their children throughout their hearing journey.
Family Curriculum Workshop in Kaduna, Nigeria
A two-day Family Curriculum Workshop was launched in Kaduna, Nigeria on the 10 and 11 May 2025.
Update Workshop on Hearing Healthcare Questionnaire
On 14 May 2025 an update Workshop was held to discuss the outcomes, share experience and overcome the challenges resulted from the first stage of the Hearing Healthcare Questionnaire implementation.
Ear and Hearing Camp in Punjab
A Hearing and ENT medical camp was organized at Muhammad Pura village, district Nankana Sahib, Punjab.
On 3 May 2025. Under the moto “Making Ear and Hearing Care a Reality for all” 7 medical professionals provided free of charge ear and hearing healthcare services to the underserved population of the area in the Rural Health Centre.
First Combined SAARC PCHR Session
The first PCHR session was held from 28 April to 1 May in Dhaka Bangladesh for 12 professionals from Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan. The group of participants had different professional backgrounds, it included speech and language pathologists, nurses and audiologists.
Launch of Audiology Workshop Series at Ziauddin University Karachi
From 7 to 10 April 2025 an Audiology Workshop Series was launched at Ziauddin University Karachi in collaboration with University Hospital Münster, the intensive four-day workshop gathered 98 participants, consisting of senior audiologists and students of the Bachelor of Science in Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology at Ziauddin University and students from other universities.
Family Curriculum Workshop and World Hearing Day in Ethiopia
World Hearing Day 2025 in Ethiopia was marked with the launch of the Family Curriculum Workshop, which took place in Addis Ababa on 3 and 4 March. The main goal of the event was to empower families of children with hearing loss with most essential theoretical knowledge and practical rehabilitation tips and tools.
Family Curriculum Workshop in Ghana
On 6 March 2025 Family Curriculum Programme was launch in Ghana with a two-day training workshop in Accra. Apart from the 40 families of children with CI or the ones awaiting to be implanted coming from different regions of the country, the director of the Ghana Health Service, audiologists and an ENT surgeon were among the guests of the event.
Family Curriculum Workshop in Tanzania
The first programme of the Family Curriculum was launched on 13 February 2025 in Tanzania with a two-day workshop. After months of thorough preparation, which included translation and adaptation of materials into Swahili and involved input from speech and language therapists, as well as international and local rehabilitation specialists, the HearWell Audiology Clinic set out to implement the programme locally for parents of children with cochlear implants and hearing aids.
Roadmap to Sustainability
Within the recent meeting at the Ministry of Health of Bhutan we worked out a plan for a sustainable implementation of the project elements of the Hearing Healthcare Alliance. Many thanks to our local partners and decision makers for the fruitful discussions!