Mission - to decrease the global inequity in the delivery of high-quality health care by improving the access that the underserved have to cardiac surgery

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Supporting Pediatric Cardiac Program in Mumbai, India, Asian Heart Institute

Project Dates: 8 - 16 April 2006
Location: Mumbai India
Organization: Children's HeartLink

Project Focus: Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Diagnosis of Cardiac Disease, Educate Teams of Professionals (in country), Educate Individual Professionals (in country)

Project Description: This will be the first mission to the Asian Heart Institute. One of the primary goals of this mission is to explore the possibility of establishing a Childrens HeartLink partner site with an existing cardiac program in Mumbai. The team, led by world-renowned pediatric cardiac surgeon Dr. Mohan Reddy from Stanford University, will spend one week working with the local cardiac team treating low income children suffering from heart disease and providing training and technical assistance.

Contact: John Caleb Cushing, M.H.A.