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In Africa for Africa Cardio-Thoracic Conference | Platforms Investing in Progress

October 29, 2026

This video features a presentation by Maurice Goodman from the session “Healthcare Systems—Development & Scaling” at the inaugural In Africa for Africa Cardio-Thoracic Conference. Maurice Goodman, Chief Medical Officer at Discovery Health, Sandton, South Africa,...

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In Africa for Africa Cardio-Thoracic Conference | Platforms Investing in Progress

October 29, 2026

This video features a presentation by Maurice Goodman from the session “Healthcare Systems—Development & Scaling” at the inaugural In Africa for Africa Cardio-Thoracic Conference. Maurice Goodman, Chief Medical Officer at...

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In Africa for Africa Cardio-Thoracic Conference | The Salam Center and Yacoub Aswan Heart Center

October 24, 2026 | Gina Portella…

These videos feature presentations by Gina Portella and Ahmed Afifi from the session “Healthcare Systems—Development & Scaling” at the inaugural In Africa for Africa Cardio-Thoracic Conference. The first video features...

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In Africa for Africa Cardio-Thoracic Conference | Needs Based Healthcare and The DNA of CSIA

October 23, 2026 | Francis Smit…

These videos feature presentations by Francis Smit and R. Morton “Chip” Bolman III from the session “Healthcare Systems—Development & Scaling” at the inaugural In Africa for Africa Cardio-Thoracic Conference. The...

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CSIA Conference and Global Cardiothoracic Surgery: An Interview With Emily Farkas

August 13, 2026 | Emily FarkasSilver Contributor…

In this insightful interview, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with CTSNet Senior Editor—Global Emily Farkas, Associate Director of Global Health in Surgery at the Indiana University School of Medicine, about...

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A Model for Africa: Côte d’Ivoire Health Ministry Announces New Initiative to Become Self-Sufficient in Pediatric Cardiology Surgery

July 13, 2023 | Cameron LindGold Contributor

The Côte d’Ivoire Health Ministry has announced a local capacity building initiative to establish the country’s local congenital cardiac surgery capabilities and enable Côte d’Ivoire to become a model for...

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Italian Cardiac Surgeons Operate on Critically Ill Palestinian Children

June 8, 2023 | Cameron LindGold Contributor

Through the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF), a group of Italian doctors and nurses traveled to the Gaza Strip to perform cardiac surgery on a group of ten children with...

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Recommendations for Developing Effective and Safe Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease Services in Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries: A Public Health Framework

May 8, 2023 | Emily FarkasSilver Contributor

This article presents a tier-based framework with proposed benchmarks for the development of quality pediatric and congenital heart disease care in resource-limited settings. This was achieved by identifying the most...

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UM Health Surgical Team Guides Zambia’s First Total Aortic Arch Replacement

May 4, 2023 | Cameron LindGold Contributor

A team of surgeons at National Heart Hospital in Lusaka, Zambia collaborated with a team from the University of Michigan to complete the first total aortic arch replacement in the...

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Heart Health Month: Improving Global Access to Cardiac Care

February 1, 2023 | Cameron LindGold Contributor

February is Heart Health Month in the United States—a time when the country focuses on cardiovascular health and raises awareness of heart disease as the nation’s number one cause of...

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Global Organization Spotlight: EMERGENCY International Salam Center

December 5, 2022 | Emily FarkasSilver Contributor

In 2007, the Italian-based charity EMERGENCY International opened its Salam Centre for Cardiac Surgery, which remains the only completely free cardiac hospital in an area home to more than 300...

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Atrium Health’s Cardiac Lifeline to Residents of Belize Marks 10-Year Milestone

November 11, 2022 | Cameron LindGold Contributor

Before a Belizean hospital’s partnership with Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute, local patients would have to travel out of the country for cardiac surgical care, which was cost...

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Heart Surgery Mission to Ghana September 2022: Days 4 & 5

November 3, 2022 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

Day 4 In this video, the team did a whistle-stop tour of three hospitals, promoting the work of Pace4life and the reconditioned pacemaker program. They met with the senior management...

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