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 Penang, Malaysia, Penang Adventist Hospital

Location: Penang Malaysia
Organization: Children's HeartLink

Project Focus: Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Treatment of Cardiac Disease (Non-surgical), Enhance Existing Center, Educate Teams of Professionals (in country), Educate Individual Professionals (in country)

Project Description: The state of Penang has the highest population density in Malaysia, with more than 2,031 people per square km living on Penang Island and 865 people per square kilometer living in the mainland section of the state. After a medical mission to Penang Adventist Hospital in 2004, Childrens HeartLink has been exploring how best to help in the further development of pediatric cardiac services in Malaysia and the region.

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