[II-IL03-01] International Medical Contribution Platform
An estimated 15 million children die annually by treatable or preventable heart disease in low-middle income countries. Global efforts should have focused on reducing death from low-middle income countries with little to no attention focusing on pediatric congenital and acquired heart disease. Lack of awareness of congenital and acquired heart disease, access to care, poor health care infrastructure, competing health priorities, and a critical shortage of specialists are important reasons why pediatric heart disease has not been addressed in low resourced settings.
There are 3 types of international medical contribution. 1)Accept oversee patients to treat in Japan. 2)Visit each country to treat the patients. 3)Educate local medical people.
Since I was back from Melbourne, I started Volunteer operations in Philippine, Indonesia and China. I realized two things during time period. 1) Volunteer work doesn’t last long without supporters and fund. 2)Educate local peoples are more important to save more patients.
Since 2010, our Vietnam project has been supported by JICA and Heart Link. We visit Vietnam several times a year with a team and accept them at Okayama/UCSF to teach. Cardiac units in Vietnam where they had no experience of open heart surgery less than 10kg, did more than 100 neonates and Fontan by themselves since 2010. In Vietnam, more than 7000 patients with CHD have been treated annually by local medical team now.
There are 3 types of international medical contribution. 1)Accept oversee patients to treat in Japan. 2)Visit each country to treat the patients. 3)Educate local medical people.
Since I was back from Melbourne, I started Volunteer operations in Philippine, Indonesia and China. I realized two things during time period. 1) Volunteer work doesn’t last long without supporters and fund. 2)Educate local peoples are more important to save more patients.
Since 2010, our Vietnam project has been supported by JICA and Heart Link. We visit Vietnam several times a year with a team and accept them at Okayama/UCSF to teach. Cardiac units in Vietnam where they had no experience of open heart surgery less than 10kg, did more than 100 neonates and Fontan by themselves since 2010. In Vietnam, more than 7000 patients with CHD have been treated annually by local medical team now.