
Amy Verstappen
@verstappenamy
Global #CHD #RHD health advocate, President @globalarch18, Public Health Nerd, life-long member of the backwards heart club.
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16-05-2020 17:20:30
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Global ARCH President Amy Verstappen reminds the World Heart Federation #worldheartsummit that patient and community organizations can fill the gap between Policy and Implementation.#Solutions



The inspirational testimony of two patient doctors #worldheartsummit in Geneva World Heart Federation


We are so lucky to have Anu Gomanju as a Global ARCH leader speaking out of #rhdrights

HeartLife Foundation Fausto Pinto πππππππππ ππππ, ππ.π πβοΈπ»π§‘ Global Heart Hub chfalliance World Heart Federation Inspiring session led by lieslzuhlke w/ key lessons from advocates @anugomanju 'not one size fits all. We must focus on the needs of the patient' and Sophie Manoy 'as medical officers we must go from sympathetic to empathetic & really understand the patient' #worldheartsummitt



βIf we really want to honor βpro-poor #UHCβ .. we have to also look at neglected #CVD such as congenital heart disease .. rheumatic heart disease .. cardiomyopathiesβ - Dr. Gene Bukhman @NCDIPoverty Harvard Medical School #WorldHeartSummit #GlobalCardiacSurgery #CHD #RHD #WHA75


Dominique Vervoort Gene Bukhman NCDI Poverty Network Harvard Medical School Global Cardiac Surgery Initiative Bistra Zheleva π«β€οΈ Amy Verstappen Bhagawan Koirala Global ARCH lieslzuhlke Children's HeartLink World Heart Federation β focus on the poor β focus on severe NCDs β decentralize care β we need new streams of health financing

1in 100 babies born with #chd. Up to half need surgery. 90% of these children have no access to care and die. Top cause of infant mortality in all MICs. Cardiac surgery, and #CHD surgery, should be a global priority Global ARCH Children's HeartLink

Extraordinary story about the power of parent advocacy to transform #chd access to surgery. These are the stories we need to hear at next yearβs world heart summit Global Cardiac Surgery Initiative InciSioN Children's HeartLink NCDI Poverty Network healthtimes.co.zw/2021/10/04/howβ¦

Access to quality surgical care is a human right - and that includes cardiac surgery for the 90% of babies with #chd who die due to lack of surgical access Global Cardiac Surgery Initiative Global ARCH

Thank you to Gene Bukhman Maia Olsen and the whole NCDI Poverty Network team for their tireless efforts to insure that no matter where they are born, people with #rhd #chd can access needed care. Global ARCH

Amazing progress for #GlobalCardiacSurgery and thank you to Dominique Vervoort for being the engine driving it forward and for you work supporting Global ARCH . Every person with #CHD and #RHD thanks you!

Folic acid reducers rates of all birth defects including #CHD Thank you The G4 Alliance for helping Global ARCH achieve its mission

Congratulations to Bistra Zheleva π«β€οΈ and Children's HeartLink for making CHD survival a reality for tens of thousands of children in India and around the world.

Raoul Bermejo III from UNICEF Health on #PENPlus: "children with severe chronic conditions have been left behind, this is a rights issue - we need health access for every child everywhere, not for some children somewhere" #NCDs #CHD #RHD #T1D #SickleCell #UNGA77


"Six billion people currently lack access to safe, timely, and affordable cardiac surgical care .. over 100 countries do not have a single cardiac surgeon." Lina Elfaki kicks off the #GlobalCardiacSurgery session at #CCCongress. Global Cardiac Surgery Initiative


Congenital heart disease is a killer if not treated in time. Certain NGOs are working for such kids of CHD. Yesterday it was an interventional Paediatric cardiology workshop by an NGO Toby Roberts head by Farhan Ahmad. Thank you m.facebook.com/story.php?storβ¦

So honored to be representing Global ARCH at the first ACHD conference held by Amrita Hospital, Kochi in partnership with Children's HeartLink
