Author: Heart News

Children’s Heart Screening Outreach Mission at St. Francis Ifakara – March 2023
Posted 27 March 2023

Children’s Heart Screening Outreach Mission at St. Francis Ifakara – March 2023

We are thrilled to share that our recent pediatric cardiac screening outreach program in Tanzania was a great success! Thanks to the collaborative efforts of The One New Heart Tanzania and For Hearts and Souls from the United States of America, we were able to reach a total of 249 children in...

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Children’s Heart Screening Outreach Mission at Mnazi Mmoja Hospital Zanzibar – January 2022
Posted 16 January 2022

Children’s Heart Screening Outreach Mission at Mnazi Mmoja Hospital Zanzibar – January 2022

Mnazi Mmoja Hospital, January 16th, 2022. Working with our wonderful team, including Dr. Porisch from For Hearts and Souls Team USA, and Dr. Abdul Mbarouk, our cardiovascular surgeon, alongside the Heart and Lungs Disease team from Ifakara Health Institute, we evaluated 112 children in 2 days....

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The Healing Journey of Christian Medson Mkiza
Posted 2 September 2021

The Healing Journey of Christian Medson Mkiza

Christian was born on October 29, 2015, in Ndolage village, Tanzania, to a teenage mother named Mutesi. She was 15 years old and still in high school at the time. Mutesi left her son with her 63-year-old mother, Victoria, who was working as a matron in the village dispensary. At the age of two,...

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The Healing Journey of Elisha Joseph
Posted 2 September 2021

The Healing Journey of Elisha Joseph

Elisha Joseph was suffered from PDA which hindered his growth. He received his cardiac treatment during our Pediatric surgical mission at Benjamin Mkapa Hospital Dodoma on 22nd-27th July 2021.

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The Healing Journey of Daniel Maji
Posted 2 September 2021

The Healing Journey of Daniel Maji

Daniel Maji was born in the Mahenge District of the Morogoro region on 26th April 2017. He was born healthy, but in November 2020, at around 3 years old, he began to suffer from pneumonia. He was taken to Mahenge District Hospital and later referred to St. Francis Referral Hospital in Ifakara,...

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The Healing Journey of Afra Hildephonce
Posted 2 September 2021

The Healing Journey of Afra Hildephonce

Afra was born in Karagwe District, Kagera Region, on 8th May 2015. Three months after her birth, she began to suffer from breathing difficulties, and her health started to deteriorate. She was brought to Karagwe District Hospital and diagnosed with pneumonia. Despite being given medications, she...

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The Healing Journey of Ivannah Makono
Posted 2 September 2021

The Healing Journey of Ivannah Makono

Ivannah is a young girl from Dodoma who was born with a complex heart problem. She needed two heart surgeries to save her life. Her first surgery happened when she was 1 year and 8 months old, and the second surgery took place when she was 4 years and 3 months old. These surgeries made her...

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The Healing Journey of Joyline Gama
Posted 2 September 2021

The Healing Journey of Joyline Gama

Joyline Gama got her cardiac treatment at Bengaluru Marayana hospital, India. The One New Heart Tanzania facilitated her with the traveling expenses.

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The First Successful Pediatric Cardiac Surgical Mission at Benjamin Mkapa Hospital Dodoma.
Posted 27 July 2021

The First Successful Pediatric Cardiac Surgical Mission at Benjamin Mkapa Hospital Dodoma.

On Monday morning, we organized, planned, and learned from our guest teammates from the United States before conducting our first two catheterizations on 22-month-old Claud and 18-month-old Elijah, who both had patent ductus arteriosus (PDA). We also completed three catheterizations in children...

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Siham’s (KE) Journey: A Heartfelt Tale of Hope and Healing.
Posted 14 July 2021

Siham’s (KE) Journey: A Heartfelt Tale of Hope and Healing.

Siham Aden, a young lady from Kenya, was diagnosed with a heart defect in February 2021 when she was 4 years old, after experiencing a severe cough. She was sent to a doctor, and an echo result showed that she had PDA. Her father was told to send her to Mater Hospital for a heart operation...

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