PORT-AU-PRINCE,
HAÏTI
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In April 2012, The Heart Fund and its first Ambassador, the actor Jimmy Jean-Louis, organized a mission to provide support for children with heart diseases. As of today, The Heart Fund has enabled open-heart surgery on 14 children, the screening of 50 children and the communication of preventive information to 100 school children.
A better understanding of the local healthcare environment enabled defining a strategy based on the prevention and screening of heart diseases for a large part of the population. Long-term cooperation with local communities, medical institutions and the government is envisaged.
CARIBBEAN
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The Heart Fund screens and treats children
with heart defects
HAÏTI
I had the opportunity to be in the operating room and was amazed to see how everything went: they opened the heart and were able to repair it with a needle.
— JIMMY JEAN-LOUIS —
ACTOR
AMBASSADOR OF THE HEART FUND
POPULATION
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Overall population: 10,500,000
GDP per inhabitant: $824
Births per year: 270,000
HEART DISEASES
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Prevalence of CHD: 6 - 8/1000
Number of CHD: 2,160
Prevalence of RHD: 1.5 - 2/1000
Patients with RHD: 210,000
Annual mortality due to RHD: 450
Prevalence of HTA: 366 / 1000
Patients with HTA: 3.8 million
HEALTH SYSTEM
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Cardiac surgery center: 0
Heart surgeons: 0
Cathlab: 0
Cardiologist: 1 / 700,000 (15)
ACTIONS
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Diagnosis
of children with heart defects
Cardiac sugery
for children with heart defect
Advocacy
Prevention
and health education
Equipment
Mobile clinic
RÉSULTATS 2015
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50 children
screened in
Port-au-Prince
14 children
operated on
Meeting with Minister of Health and press conference
100 children
in Délard school
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OBJECTIFS 2016
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1000 children
screened
50 enfants
operated on
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Awareness campaign with Jimmy Jean-Louis
Telemedicine
plateform
Building of the first
Heart Mobile
IMPACT :
196
people benefit directly and indirectly from The Heart Fund programs (patients, families, medical personnel)
PARTNERS
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