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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 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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Tanzania Cath Lab Mission Complete – A Week of Firsts.
Posted 9 April 2021

Tanzania Cath Lab Mission Complete – A Week of Firsts.

The death of our beloved President Dr. John Pombe Magufuli delayed the start of the mission for the week of national mourning and patients we expected to come for procedures could not travel. One child had significant pneumonia and had to be canceled. As is typical when starting a...

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