children’s heart fund of ethiopia. “cradle of civilization” geopolitics living conditions...
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Children’s Heart Fund of Ethiopia
•“Cradle of Civilization”
•Geopolitics
•Living conditions
Ethiopia’s situation
Population•75 Million inhabitants
•50% national health coverage
•80% live in rural areas
•GNP per capita $105 per year
Addis Ababa
Lalibella
Children’s Health issues
•600,000 children between 5 and 15 years old are at risk of developing strep throat infections twice a year.
•About 120,000 are estimated to develop rheumatic fever every year.
•The young are at high risk of developing rheumatic heart diseases.
•Patients die at and early age of complications like intractable congestive heart failure and arrhythmia, absent surgery of valvular lesions.
Country’s Health System
“The only thing that stands between 24 million children and endemic heart disease risk is a small group working out of a storage container in Addis Ababa.”
Dr. Belay Abegaz
CHFE - making a difference
THREEFOLD OBJECTIVES
•Curative
•Preventive
•Developmental
Current Office•900 children airlifted to the US, Great Britain, Israel, Netherlands, Germany, Italy and other countries
•150 cared for by visiting medical teams from the US and Great Britain
CHFEexcellent
connections •Influential Board members
•Active partners and associates
•Business, civic, governmental and academic support.
•International support.
CHFE Staff
Mrs. Selamnesh T/Haimanot Medical Social Worker
Director and Board Secretary: Ato Tesfaye Birhanu, DirectorThe Children's Heart Fund of EthiopiaP. O. Box 2382Addis Ababa, Ethiopia E-mail: [email protected] Tel. 251.1.5515435/5513636
Administration
ArchivesJohannes
Transportation
Ms. Yemisratch Atnaf PR Officer
CHFE Cardiac CenterBeing built on the premises of the Black Lion hospital in Addis Ababa. Sample of accommodations:
•2 operating rooms
•2 Recovery rooms
•Anesthesia rooms
•10 patient rooms
•Intensive care unit
CHFE Cardiac centerconstruction progress
• Ahead of schedule for completion before year end.
• “Delivering quadruplets” Four important elements must come together for its successful operating completion:
1. Hospital
2. Equipment
3. Manpower development
4. Ensuring sustainability by establishing a fund generating program
CHFE cardiac center“the point of no return”
CHFEresearch and education
Addis Ababa University Medical School
CHFE – Regional magnet
Reason for name CHFE and not ECHF
CHFEFuture Rehabilitation Center
•Income generation building
•Rehabilitation center
•Accommodations for visiting teams, specialists, etc.
•Guest house for parents traveling with children
•CHFE administration offices
•Cafeteria, etc.
CHFE – International support
HTC – CHFE
Linking Arms
CHFE: International Partners
and supporters
• Healing the Children• Chain of Hope• Project C.U.R.E.• Save a Child’s Heart• Medical teams from the US, Great Britain,
the Netherlands, Germany (Leipzig University), Israel.
• Children airlifted to all these countries, as well as Italy and India.
Chain of Hope proposes to supply the Pediatric Cardiac Center with
TWO Cardiac Catheterization Labs
Equipment necessary for the Operating Rooms and Intensive Care Unit
Enter into a five year contract with CHFE and the Medical University of Addis Ababa to develop a curriculum for the training of Cardiac surgeons, pediatric cardiologists, adult cardiologists and other essential professionals, who will be duly licensed nationally and hopefully will attain international accreditation.
This contract could be renewed for an additional period of up to five years.
In addition to the treating of patients and the training of professionals, C of H has offered to establish a Research Center on Rheumatic Heart Disease.
A WONDEFUL OPPORTUNITY
The proposal moves up the completion date of the Pediatric Cardiac Center and adds urgency to fundraising efforts, prompting a call for support from
the Ethiopian Diaspora.
we are invited!
Donations
Healing the Children NationalP.O. Box 9065Spokane, WA 99209-9065
Online: To make an online donation please see the HTC website at www.healingthechildren.org under “For Donors” tab.
Checks should be made payable to Healing the Children and designated to CHFE. Please note that all money goes directly to the Children’s Heart Fund of Ethiopia.
Healing the Children NationalP.O. Box 9065Spokane, WA 99209-9065
Online: To make an online donation please see the HTC website at www.healingthechildren.org under “For Donors” tab.
Checks should be made payable to Healing the Children and designated to CHFE. Please note that all money goes directly to the Children’s Heart Fund of Ethiopia.
US donations and support for the Children’s Heart Fund of Ethiopia should be sent to Healing the Children or to CHFE at:
Children's Fund of EthiopiaP. O. Box 22036
Eagan, MN 55122
Email address [email protected]
Federal Identification Number 01-0870053
Children's Fund of EthiopiaP. O. Box 22036
Eagan, MN 55122
Email address [email protected]
Federal Identification Number 01-0870053