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Our 2017 Year-End Report

We’re proud of our 2017 accomplishments. In June, the Ethiopian pediatric cardiac surgery team completed their training in India. Their skills are strong and they now work independently at our partner cardiac center in Addis Ababa. They will save hundreds of children’s lives each year, and train
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• Meet Abu

The surgical team knew that Abu was a standout as they walked with him into the operating room for his heart surgery. He jumped onto the operating table, grinned, and waved. That was a first for the surgical team. Abu’s eyes sparkled with humor. He
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• U.S. Team Goes To Ethiopia

Dr. Vib Kshettry and members of his surgical team from the Minneapolis Heart Institute will travel to Addis Ababa in September 2017 for two weeks, to support the new Ethiopian cardiac surgery team and continue their training.  The U.S. and Ethiopian teams will work side
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• Ethiopia Team Performs First Surgery

We are thrilled to report that all of the Ethiopian cardiac surgery team members have completed their training in India and have returned to Addis Ababa. They performed their first surgery at the cardiac center last week – it was a success! The lead surgeon
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• Research on Cardiac Needs Published

A group of Ethiopian physicians supported by FCHFE had a research paper accepted for publication in the international journal Heart Asia.  Their study was designed to determine the spectrum of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) in six main referral hospitals in different regions of Ethiopia.  It showed that
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• Cardiac Surgical Mission Completed Fall 2015

We sent two cardiac surgery teams to visit Ethiopia in the fall of 2015 to perform surgeries at the Children’s Heart Fund of Ethiopia cardiac center in Addis Ababa.
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• Ethiopian Cardiologists Attend Knowledge Exchange

In June 2015, with support from Friends of CHFE and the NGO Partners in Health, two cardiologists and a representative of the Federal Ministry of Health from Ethiopia attended a meeting in Rwanda to participate in a knowledge exchange focused on two themes.
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