„EurAsia Heart – A Swiss Medical Foundation”: On-site medical teaching and training in Eurasian countries focused on cardiovascular diseases, par-ticularly in children.
Progetto concluso
EurAsia Heart is a Swiss Medical Foundation established in 2006. It consists of a group of medical doctors, led by Swiss cardiac surgeons and cardiologists. On a voluntary basis, experts of EurAsia Heart Foundation offer international cooperation to Eastern European, Asian and African countries in the fields of cardiology, cardiac and vascular surgery, anaesthesia, intensive care and prevention. The interventions strengthen national health systems and enable local teams to treat the entire spectrum of cardiovascular diseases – particularly among children.
| Paese/Regione | Tema | Periodo | Budget |
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Mondo |
Sanità nothemedefined
Servizi medici
Assistenza sanitaria primaria Rafforzamento dei sistemi sanitari |
01.03.2019
- 31.12.2021 |
CHF 400’000
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- Persons with cardiovascular diseases, especially children
- Decision makers of governmental health systems
- Hospital managements
- Medical experts in partner countries
- Nursing & technical personnel in partner countries
- Young Swiss medical experts at Swiss Universities (gaining additional education through international exchanges of experts and by assisting / operating in partner countries, under the supervision of senior specialists / professors in cardiology, cardiac and vascular surgery, anaesthesia, intensive care and prevention).
- National health policies and their implementations are strengthened through targeted policy dialogue with authorities in partner countries.
- National / local health systems are strengthened with particular respect to the treatment of cardiovascular diseases.
- An increased number of patients suffering from car-diovascular diseases, especially among the poorest most vulnerable groups, receive high quality health treatment. The lives of at least 1’000 children per year are saved.
- Health policies and budget allocations of partner countries improved and assured (through policy dialogue)
- Local medical experts educated and trained, especially in paediatric cardiovascular medicine
- Nursing and technical personnel trained
- Cardiovascular treatment, including surgical interventions, accompanied
- Very difficult surgical interventions executed as part of training of local experts
- Coordination with local authorities, international and national actors, especially also Swiss cooperation offices
- Improvement of hospital hygiene
- Infection prevention; reduction of inappropriate use of antibiotics
- Hospital management trained / strengthened
- Spectrum of treated diseases widened in indivi-dual institutions
- Treatment of up to 2000 children facilitated / ac-companied per year: ~50% girls, minimum 50% belonging to disadvantaged vulnerable groups
- Building of new institutions in the health sector
- Introduction of prevention and rehabilitation
- Improvement of results in prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of cardiovascular diseases
- To date, 13’500 patients in 14 different partner countries treated, 3’450 operations carried out
- Decrease of mortality and morbidity due to cardiovascular diseases
- Practical education of local medical staff, physicians / experts, nurses and associated professionals
- Exchange of experts between individual coun-tries and Swiss Hospitals specialised on cardiovascular diseases
- Improved education and increased experience of medical experts working in Switzerland in the delayed treatment of patients not presented in developed countries.
- Eurasia Heart Foundation
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Settore in base alle categorie del Comitato di Aiuto allo sviluppo (DAC) dell'OCSE SALUTE
SALUTE
SALUTE
Sotto-Settore in base alle categorie del Comitato di Aiuto allo sviluppo (DAC) dell'OCSE Servizi medici
Infrastruttura per i servizi sanitari di base
Politica sanitaria e gestione amministrativa
Temi trasversali Il progetto sostiene anche miglioramenti nell'organizzazione partner
Tipo di aiuto Contributo al progetto e al programma
Numero del progetto 7F09741
| Contesto | In developing countries, cardiovascular diseases are a major cause of death in neonates, children, adolescents and adults. Congenital heart diseases are among the most frequent causes of death in children less than five years of age. The current generation of cardiac surgeons in Western Europe-an countries already had experienced teachers and grew up with patients constantly more difficult to treat. By contrast, surgeons in Eastern European, Asian and African countries are confronted, from the beginning, with patients difficult to treat and chronically ill, whose treatment requires the com-mand of complex technologies and advanced knowledge in the operating theatre, as well as in the intensive care unit. For these reasons, many centres in developing countries suffer from high mortality and complication rates – even in simple cases –, and are only able to treat a very limited spectrum of patients in urgent need of cardiac surgery. |
| Obiettivi | National health systems and inclusive delivery of high quality health services are strengthened, in particular with respect to cardiovascular diseases. |
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| Effetti a medio termine |
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| Risultati |
Risultati principali attesi: Risultati fasi precedenti: Key competences and results of the organisation: |
| Direzione/Ufficio responsabile |
DSC |
| Credito |
Cooperazione allo sviluppo |
| Partner del progetto |
Partner contrattuale Organizzazione svizzera senza scopo di lucro |
| Budget | Fase in corso Budget Svizzera CHF 400’000 Budget svizzero attualmente già speso CHF 400’000 |
| Fasi del progetto |
Fase 1 01.03.2019 - 31.12.2021 (Completed) |
