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Location	Kampala, Uganda
Introduction	Our mission is to save the lives of children with life threatening heart conditions. Congenital heart defects are the most common birth defect, occurring in 1% of all births. With surgery or catheterization, most have a normal life expectancy and quality of life. Without treatment, they will become progressively sicker; many will die before age 5. With the support of several donors including the Larry King Cardiac Foundation and Samaritan’s Purse Children’s Heart Project, Dr. Craig Sable has formed a strong collaboration with the main teaching hospital in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, where the first open heart surgeries were performed in 2007. Over 50 children have traveled to North America for procedures, including 34 at CNMC. Unfortunately, there are over 5,000 children in Uganda and over 5 million world-wide who have treatable heart conditions but no access to care. While expensive, in almost all cases the result is a healthy child with a full life expectancy and no need for medications. Our goal is to fund care of these children in the U.S., lead missions to Uganda, and ultimately build a sustainable cardiac surgery center in Kampala through technology and ongoing education.

Location

Kampala, Uganda

Introduction

Our mission is to save the lives of children with life threatening heart conditions. Congenital heart defects are the most common birth defect, occurring in 1% of all births. With surgery or catheterization, most have a normal life expectancy and quality of life. Without treatment, they will become progressively sicker; many will die before age 5. With the support of several donors including the Larry King Cardiac Foundation and Samaritan’s Purse Children’s Heart Project, Dr. Craig Sable has formed a strong collaboration with the main teaching hospital in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, where the first open heart surgeries were performed in 2007. Over 50 children have traveled to North America for procedures, including 34 at CNMC. Unfortunately, there are over 5,000 children in Uganda and over 5 million world-wide who have treatable heart conditions but no access to care. While expensive, in almost all cases the result is a healthy child with a full life expectancy and no need for medications. Our goal is to fund care of these children in the U.S., lead missions to Uganda, and ultimately build a sustainable cardiac surgery center in Kampala through technology and ongoing education.