Office of the Special Adviser on Africa |
| Purpose: |
Assist children with heart disease get proper diagnosis, treatment and follow-up, both at home and abroad. Indicate rheumatic heart disease prevention programme; establish or be instrumental for the establishment of institutions that would cater services for children with heart disease. |
| Illustrative Project: |
Several attempts have been made to create public awareness and mobilize public support. So far 1824 members are registered, substantial amount of money is solicited locally on fund raising events. A good working relationship is established with humanitarian organizations in USA, Europe and Israel. 261 cardiac patients were assisted to get surgical treatment free of charge. 85 of them were operated here in Ethiopia by medical teams from Spokane, USA who brought necessary medical equipment with them. They came 4 times within the last 5 years and stayed here in Addis Ababa for 7 days (5 operations per day) each time and operated on 85 children (closed and open heart surgery). |
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