Amy Verstappen (@verstappenamy) 's Twitter Profile
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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NCDI Poverty Network (@ncdipoverty) 's Twitter Profile Photo

NCDI Poverty Network Faculty Collaborator Dr. Sheila Klassen presented on cardiology work at PEN-Plus implementation sites at the Africa STEMI Live! conference this month. Learn more about how #PENPlus provides integrated chronic care for severe NCDs here buff.ly/39ZXw2e

NCDI Poverty Network Faculty Collaborator Dr. Sheila Klassen presented on cardiology work at PEN-Plus implementation sites at the Africa STEMI Live! conference this month. Learn more about how #PENPlus provides integrated chronic care for severe NCDs here buff.ly/39ZXw2e
Dominique Vervoort (@dvervoort94) 's Twitter Profile Photo

β€œIf we really want to honor β€˜pro-poor #UHC’ .. we have to also look at neglected #CVD such as congenital heart disease .. rheumatic heart disease .. cardiomyopathies” - Dr. Gene Bukhman @NCDIPoverty Harvard Medical School #WorldHeartSummit #GlobalCardiacSurgery #CHD #RHD #WHA75

β€œIf we really want to honor β€˜pro-poor #UHC’ .. we have to also look at neglected #CVD such as congenital heart disease .. rheumatic heart disease .. cardiomyopathies” - Dr. <a href="/gbukhman/">Gene Bukhman</a> @NCDIPoverty <a href="/harvardmed/">Harvard Medical School</a>

#WorldHeartSummit #GlobalCardiacSurgery #CHD #RHD #WHA75
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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

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

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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

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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!

Bistra Zheleva πŸ«€β€οΈ (@bzheleva) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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

<a href="/raoulthethird/">Raoul Bermejo III</a> from <a href="/UNICEFhealth/">UNICEF Health</a> 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
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"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

"Six billion people currently lack access to safe, timely, and affordable cardiac surgical care .. over 100 countries do not have a single cardiac surgeon."

<a href="/lina_elfaki/">Lina Elfaki</a> kicks off the #GlobalCardiacSurgery session at #CCCongress. <a href="/GlobalCardiac/">Global Cardiac Surgery Initiative</a>
Dr.Mughal (@mughal381) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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?stor…