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"Our patients receive even better treatment thanks to our access to PAPSEP." 🙌
Dr.
@NiyukuriAlly
is a KidsOR scholar & PAPSEP user, who graduated in 2023 to become one of Burundi's first EVER paediatric surgeons. 🇧🇮
💭 What made you want to become a paediatric surgeon?
"It
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Did you know that Burundi, a country with over 6 million children, doesn't have a single paediatric surgeon? 🤯
🙌 That's why we're celebrating KidsOR scholar Dr. Carlos Nsengiyumva
Currently in Malawi, Dr. Carlos will return to work in Burundi after completing his training. 🇧🇮
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"Before operating, her mother was counselled that she may not survive."
👏 Celebrating
@Smiletrain
& KidsOR scholar Dr. Axelle who recently had to operate on a 2-day-old.
"She arrived in critical condition. Thankfully, 1 week & 2 operations later she was able to return home" 💙
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👀 POV: You’re about to officially open the world’s first paediatric Operating Room in a refugee setting.
📍 Kakuma, Kenya.
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Safe surgery for children in Burundi! 💙
🇧🇮 We couldn't be more proud that our scholar, Dr.
@NiyukuriAlly
passed his final paediatric surgical exams earlier this month.
He now returns to Burundi as one of the country's first EVER children's surgical experts. Incredible! 👏
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Burundi has over 6 million children - but not a single paediatric surgeon to care for them. 😓
🙌 So we're proud to be supporting Dr. Alliance & Dr. Carlos.
Currently training in Malawi, the KidsOR surgical scholars will return to
#Burundi
after completing their training. 🇧🇮
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"Before operating, her mother was counselled that she may not survive."
👏 Celebrating
@Smiletrain
& KidsOR scholar Dr. Axelle who recently had to operate on a 2-day-old.
"She arrived in critical condition. Thankfully, 1 week & 2 operations later she was able to return home" 💙
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"This month I participated in my 1st every repair of oesophageal atresia on a 1-month-old baby. He was soon back home in good health." 🙌
👋 Shoutout KidsOR scholar Dr. Peter Kayima.
Dr. Peter, based in Kampala, Uganda, is enjoying training to become a paediatric surgeon. 🇺🇬
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Did you know that Burundi, a country with over 6 million children, doesn't have a single paediatric surgeon? 🤯
🙌 That's why we're celebrating KidsOR scholar Dr. Carlos Nsengiyumva
Currently in Malawi, Dr. Carlos will return to work in Burundi after completing his training. 🇧🇮
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"I participated in my 1st ever repair of oesophageal atresia on a 1-month-old baby. He was soon back home in good health." 🙌
👋 KidsOR scholar Dr. Peter Kayima is doing amazing work.
Dr. Peter, based in Kampala, Uganda, will soon become a fully qualified paediatric surgeon. 🇺🇬
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"I graduated as the 2nd Tanzanian female surgeon in 1992. Since then, I feel I've inspired many female surgeons - there's now over 50!" 🇹🇿
It's such an honour to put tools in the hands of amazing surgeons. 🙌
👏 Dr. Petronilla Ngiloi of Muhimbili National Hospital.
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"It's an incredibly delicate & intricate procedure..." 😓
KidsOR/
@Smiletrain
scholar Dr. Axelle is doing AMAZING work in Rwanda 🇷🇼
Last month, she performed in an incredibly challenging EA/TEF procedure on a 12 day old baby. The surgery was a success, saving the child's life 💙
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Celebrating our scholar, Dr. Massenga. 🙌
Graduated in 2021, she's now based in Bugando, 🇹🇿. Serving 7million children, her hospital previously had 0 dedicated paed. surgeons.
We're so proud to have supported her & created easier access to surgery for children in Tanzania. 💙
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Thank you
@BBCScotlandNews
for covering our donation of equipment for 10 ICU beds in Ninewells Hospital,
#Dundee
today.
We are proud to play a small part supporting the fight against
#covid19
@NHSTayside
@GarrethWood
@CathCalderwood1
@JeaneF1MSP
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That new Operating Room feeling. 🕺
📍
@KijabeHospital
, Kenya.
🤩 It's such a great feeling to work alongside the hospital's team and provide them with dedicated paediatric resources.
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Stop scrolling. ✋
Like this post if you think access to surgery is a basic human right. 💙
Carry on. 👇
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📢 Access to safe surgery is a human right.
Do you agree? 🤔
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Stop scrolling. ✋
Leave a ❤️ on this post if you agree with us that access to safe surgery is a human right.
Carry on. 👇
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"Surgery is male dominated. It’s time it changed & female surgeons are recognised."
🇹🇿 Dr. Zaituni is a paediatric surgeon in Tanzania. Last year, she led a team of 31 surgeons to separate conjoined twins in a KidsOR theatre.
Share this so more girls can be inspired by her 🙌
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🤔 Did you know?
Burundi 🇧🇮
6 million children 👶
0 paediatric surgeons 🤯
No child should suffer from surgically treatable conditions because they live in a country without the resources.
That's why we're supporting 2 scholars to become Burundi's first paediatric surgeons 💙
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Stop scrolling. ✋
Like this picture of the world's first paediatric Operating Room in a refugee camp. 💙
Carry on. 👇
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Opening Namibia's first dedicated paediatric Operating Room. 🇳🇦
What a feeling. 🤩
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👀 All eyes on Burundi.
We're so proud to be increasing 🇧🇮's capacity for paediatric surgery. Every child deserves access to the care they need.
Dr.
@NiyukuriAlly
, currently based in Malawi, will bring his expertise back to Burundi once he's completed his training programme. 💙
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What a week it’s been! The incredible surgical team working at one of our Kids Operating Rooms at Mulago Hospital in Uganda have successfully separated a set of 11-month-old conjoined twins.
The baby girls are recovering well after their 19-hour operation!
#KidsOR
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One of Burundi's first paediatric surgeons... 🇧🇮
#KidsOR
scholar Dr. Alliance (
@NiyukuriAlly
) is set to become one of Burundi's, a country of over 12 million, first ever paediatric surgeons - following the completion of his training. 👏
His story. 👇
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A child's life shouldn't be ruined by a condition that could've been treated by surgery. ❌
👊 Kids Operating Room are on a mission to build a future where this doesn't happen.
Are you with us? 🤔
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Access to surgery is a human right.
Access to surgery is a human right.
Access to surgery is a human right.
Access to surgery is a human right.
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In 2023, no child should be dying from conditions that could have been treated with surgery. ✊
Hit 💙 if you agree.
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"Surgery is male dominated. It’s time it changed & us female surgeons are recognised."
Dr Zaituni Bokhari is a Paediatric Surgeon in Muhimbili, where she just led a team of 31 surgeons to successfully separate conjoined twins.
Share this so more girls can be inspired by her. 🙌
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We're going to transform healthcare in Burundi 🙌
There shouldn't be a single country on 🌎 with no paediatric surgeons to give children the best care possible.
We're currently supporting the training of 2 surgical scholars from 🇧🇮 who will return to the country once graduated.
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🧵 Screw it, here's a thread with the paediatric Operating Rooms we've installed in 2023. 👇
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Today we celebrate reaching an incredible landmark...
We're delighted to announce the opening of our 50th Operating Room, having completed installing 2 ORs at
@komfo_anokye
in Ghana!🇬🇭
💙 We're so proud to hit this amazing milestone in such a short time!
#50KidsORs
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What. a. sight! 🤩
This Operating Room in Mbarara, Uganda, was installed by the team behind KidsOR in 2016, becoming 🇺🇬’s first EVER dedicated paediatric theatre.
🎨 It recently underwent a refresh. How do you think it’s looking?
Thanks to Dr. Mulungi Jonathan for the pics 📸
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No. 0️⃣
Child. 👶
Should. ❌
Die. 🙏
From. 👉
Surgically. 🧑⚕️
Treatable. 🩺
Conditions. ❤️🩹
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"Dr. Parry always tries to ensure the scar isn’t the lasting memory of a child’s surgical procedure by surprising them with a hand-drawn dressing!"
How nice is this. 🤩
We 💙 seeing medical staff putting children's wellbeing at the forefront of healthcare.
📸
@AkronChildrens
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| ACCESS TO |
| SURGERY |
| IS A HUMAN |
| RIGHT |
| ＿＿＿＿＿___ _|
(\__/) ||
(•ㅅ•) ||
/ づ
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We’ve been in
#Uganda
this week opening 3 Operating Rooms! Our work began in Uganda so it’s especially great to be back for our 25th OR!
When we arrived:
0 paediatric ORs, 1 paediatric surgeon
Now:
5 ORs, 6 paediatric surgeons!
#thisworks
#winning
@GICSurgery
@cosecsa
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👌 to transform.
What a difference! 🤩
📍 Windhoek Central Hospital, Namibia.
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“We had 2 days a week to operate on children. It caused long waiting lists.”
Dr. Zaituni, Paed. Surgeon at
@Muhimbili1
fondly remembers KidsOR installing 2 paediatric Operating Rooms in 2017. 🙌
“Now we have a proper home. You can imagine how our surgical output increased!” 💙
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🔙 Throwback to our 1st Operating Room...
It came in 2015, after learning of
@john_sekabira
's work in Uganda, caring for as many of the country’s 20 million children as he possibly could with no dedicated space to operate. 🇺🇬
This is how the OR we installed looks today. 🤩
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We just created Rwanda’s first ever dedicated Kids Operating Room! Here’s a before and after - we couldn’t be happier with the outcome!
#Rwanda
#itswhatwedo
#GlobalSurgery
#Teamwork
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KidsOR scholar
@NiyukuriAlly
will be 1 of Burundi's first ever paediatric surgeons 🇧🇮
He spoke to us about a recent case on a 5-day-old 👇
"He was born with multiple congenital anomalies. His mother was counselled & trusted us to operate. 4 operations later he was back home" 💙
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"She'd fallen from a tree & was displaying symptoms of a life-threatening infection."
Shout-out to
@Smiletrain
&KidsOR scholar Dr. Axelle - who just did fantastic work treating a 14-year-old girl. 🇷🇼
"We performed 2 successful operations on her. Now, she’s back at school!" 👏
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Surgery for a child is...
t̶o̶o̶ ̶e̶x̶p̶e̶n̶s̶i̶v̶e̶
̶n̶o̶t̶ ̶a̶ ̶p̶r̶i̶o̶r̶i̶t̶y̶
̶a̶ ̶n̶e̶e̶d̶l̶e̶s̶s̶ ̶r̶i̶s̶k̶
̶a̶ ̶l̶u̶x̶u̶r̶y̶
̶
a basic human right. ✊
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Safe surgery is a human right.
Safe surgery is a human right.
Safe surgery is a human right.
Safe surgery is a human right.
Safe surgery is a human right.
Safe surgery is a human right.
Safe surgery is a human right.
Safe surgery is a human right.
Safe surgery is a human right.
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We don't think it's that complicated. ✊
💭 Do you agree with us?
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Big shout-out to Dr. Florence. 👏
The KidsOR/
@Smiletrain
scholar has been busy in her first year training to be a paediatric surgeon. 😅
🇲🇼 Based in, Malawi, Dr. Florence now leads cases herself. She recently operated on a 13yo boy, Peter, allowing him to return to school. 👏
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"We operated on 48 children. Our goal was to treat them & allow them to return to school" 💙
👋 KidsOR scholar Dr. Peter Kayima is doing amazing work at
@MulagoHospital
Based in Kampala, 🇺🇬, Dr. Peter recently took part in a successful surgical camp focused on hernia repairs 🙌
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There’s simply no good reason why BILLIONS of children are living without access to safe surgery in 2023. 🤯
We must do more to ensure health, happy childhoods are not a luxury but a human right. ✊
💙 We’re doing all we can. Are you with us?
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Today we announced a donation of equipment to create 10 new ICU beds in
@NHSScotland
. This will not interrupt our plans in low-income countries but it will help save lives in our home country too. These are now in
#Ninewells
in
#Dundee
#COVID19Pandemic
#Scotland
@NHSScotlandCE
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Perfect. 🤩
Last year we installed Namibia’s first paediatric Operating Room. The theatre is now providing children in the country with access to safe surgery. 🇳🇦
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"I graduated as the 2nd Tanzanian female surgeon in 1992. Since then, I feel I've inspired many female surgeons - there's now over 50!" 🇹🇿
We 💙 putting the best tools possible in the hands of amazing surgeons. 🙌
👏 Dr. Petronilla Ngiloi of Muhimbili National Hospital.
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Before 👉 After.
How incredible is this
#TransformationTuesday
?! 🤩
📍 Zomba, Malawi.
This Operating Room is now a state-of-the-art space, crammed with the best equipment possible for children’s surgery. This will change thousands of lives - we couldn’t be more pleased! 💙
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|￣￣￣￣￣￣ ￣|
| ACCESS TO |
| SURGERY |
| IS A HUMAN |
| RIGHT |
| ＿＿＿＿＿___ _|
(\__/) ||
(•ㅅ•) ||
/ づ
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Dr Alicia Massenga is one of our first set of
#KidsOR
scholars & this week she passed her final exams to become a paediatric surgeon. She will begin working in the KidsOR facility at Bugando Medical Centre in Tanzania. Congratulations Dr Massenga! 🎉
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📍 Arthur Davison Children's Hospital, Ndola, Zambia
👀 Take a peak behind the scenes as the new Operating Rooms are installed.
This project, our largest ever in a single country at the one time, will provide thousands of children in the country access to safe surgery. 💙
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Amazing news. 🤩
We've installed a new Operating Room! 💙
🇲🇼 This paediatric theatre, in Zomba, Malawi, was installed alongside
@JNJNews
and is now helping save children's lives every day.
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Every surgeon deserves the right equipment.
Every surgeon deserves the right equipment.
Every surgeon deserves the right equipment.
Every surgeon deserves the right equipment.
Every surgeon deserves the right equipment.
Every surgeon deserves the right equipment.
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How about this transformation?! 🤩
3 brand new paediatric Operating Rooms installed at
@KijabeHospital
, Kenya! 🇰🇪
Leave a ❤️ if you’re as pleased to see these facilities providing access to
#safesurgery
for children as we are!
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|￣￣￣￣￣￣ ￣|
| EVERY CHILD |
| DESERVES |
| ACCESS TO |
| SURGERY |
| ＿＿＿＿＿___ _|
(\__/) ||
(•ㅅ•) ||
/ づ
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We'll just leave this here. ✊
#GlobalSurgery
#Surgery4All
#MedTwitter
#GlobalHealth
#SoMe4Surg
#SoMe4PedSurg
#HealthForAll
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"Dr. Parry always tries to ensure the scar isn’t the lasting memory of a child’s surgical procedure by surprising them with a hand-drawn dressing!"
How amazing. 🤩
We 💙 seeing medical staff putting children's wellbeing at the forefront of healthcare.
📸
@AkronChildrens
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|￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣|
Safe surgery for all
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\ /
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This
#WorldRefugeeWeek
, we are celebrating the completion of the world’s first children’s Operating Room in a refugee camp in Kakuma, Kenya. 🇰🇪
The first surgeries have already been undertaken at the OR by local doctor
@NKaseje
- read more here 👉🏽
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"I am so grateful for this scholarship. My country, Burundi, has a tremendous lack of paediatric surgical resources." 🇧🇮
Burundi has a population of 6 million children, but next to no dedicated resources for children's surgery...
KidsOR/
@Smiletrain
scholar Dr. Dauphin Muryango
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👀 at this
#transformationtuesday
.
📍 Mulago Hospital, Uganda.
Our team installed 🇺🇬's first EVER dedicated paediatric operating room. We couldn't be more proud at seeing how impactful these facilities have been in saving the lives of children around the country. 💙
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Access to safe surgery is a human right.
Yes Yes Yes
👇 👇 👇
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"What Kids Operating Room are doing in Africa is just amazing." 🤩
🙌 Always fantastic to hear this feedback from the staff who work in our Operating Rooms.
📍 Lusaka, Zambia.
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We're putting life-saving tools in life-saving hands. 🩺
📍 Blantyre, Malawi.
We're so proud of our amazing scholars here, who will soon each be fully qualified paediatric surgeons. 💙
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By 2030, we will have radically overhauled surgical infrastructure for paediatric surgery across the world, saving millions of children's lives in the process. ✊
💙 this if you'll be with us.
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In 2024 we want to see...
✅ Surgical care being given more attention, recognition, and investment.
Because nobody deserves to suffer from a condition that could be treated with surgery. ✊
Drop a ❤️ if you agree. 🤔
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Kids Operating Room exists to ensure every child around the world has access to safe surgery. 🙌
Leave a 💙 if you're with us.
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Last week, the first 10 trainees to receive a
#KidsOR
scholarship all passed their final exams! We are delighted for them – this means that there are now 10 brand new paediatric surgeons in Africa which will have a huge impact on healthcare for children across the continent. 🎉
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We installed Rwanda's first ever children's Operating Room! 🇷🇼
This facility at CHU de Kigali is saving children's lives every day. 💙
🙌 The equipment and resources we've provided are helping increase patient safety, reduce wait times and improve outcomes.
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Surgical care is an essential part of healthcare.
Surgical care is an essential part of healthcare.
Surgical care is an essential part of healthcare.
Surgical care is an essential part of healthcare.
Surgical care is an essential part of healthcare.
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2015: The concept is born. 👋
2018: Kids Operating Room officially launched. 🌍
2022: 50 Operating Rooms installed. 🙌
We're only just getting started. By 2030, we plan to radically overhaul surgical infrastructure for children’s surgery across Africa. 💙 if you'll be with us.
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Fantastic news. 💙
We're celebrating opening an Operating Room with
@Smiletrain
- at Bukavu Hospital in DRC! 🙌
Equipped with paediatric surgical tools & decorated with child-friendly art, the theatre will provide children with access to safe and timely surgery in 🇨🇩.
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Our mission is clear: a world where every child has access to safe surgery. ✊
❌ But this simply can’t happen without a strong global surgical workforce.
🤯 Did you know that most
#LMICs
have a paediatric surgeon density of < 0.1 per 100,000 against a recommended 1 per 100,000
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Every person deserves access to surgery.
Every person deserves access to surgery.
Every person deserves access to surgery.
Every person deserves access to surgery.
Every person deserves access to surgery.
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🤌 Click to transform.
We’ve installed 3 new paediatric Operating Rooms at
@KijabeHospital
in Kenya! 🇰🇪
❤️ this if you’re as pleased as we are that these facilities are providing access to safe surgery for children!
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👆 countries with improved resources for children's surgery thanks to Kids Operating Room.
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This week we installed Namibia's first paediatric Operating Room. ✅
We're proud to support brilliant local surgical teams, giving them the resources they need to save children's lives. 💙
📍 Windhoek Central Hospital.
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👆 countries that now have increased capacity for children's surgery thanks to KidsOR. 💙
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Wait and see this transformation. 🤯
KidsOR co-founder Nicola showing the upgrade of our newest KidsOR children’s theatre in Zambia. 🇿🇲
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We must invest in global surgery in order to save lives around the planet. ✊
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Earlier this month we installed Namibia's first dedicated paediatric Operating Room! 🇳🇦
High 5s all round! 🙏
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📢 Low- and middle-income countries have an URGENT lack of paediatric surgical workforce. 📢
Did you know: high-income countries have an average of 1 specialist surgeon for every 47,000 children. In low-income countries, this ratio is 1 for every 3 million. 🤯
Countries like
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There is a GLARING gap in global health. 🤯
A gap so big, it's left billions of children vulnerable. Vulnerable to a lifetime of pain, suffering, disability, or even death from a treatable condition.
And nobody’s talking about it. So we will. ✊
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🧵 A thread on all the reasons why surgery is not an important part of healthcare... 👇
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Every child deserves access to surgery.
Every child deserves access to surgery.
Every child deserves access to surgery.
Every child deserves access to surgery.
Every child deserves access to surgery.
Every child deserves access to surgery.
Every child deserves access to surgery.
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In 2023, we think surgery should get the:
✊ Respect
🤝 Recognition
💰 Funding
That it deserves.
Do you agree? 🤔
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In 2023 no child should be forced to suffer pain, disability or even death from a surgically treatable condition. ✊
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"I love being around children. For others aspiring to be paediatric surgeons, I think they should have that love for children." 💙
🤩 Fantastic news.
@Smiletrain
&KidsOR scholar Dr. Herve Dopgang has officially become a paediatric surgeon, having graduated in Burkina Faso. 🇧🇫
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“Kids used to go on lists till they were old enough for adult tools, but many died from complications during the wait.”
KidsOR installed 3 ORs at Dr. Kisa's hospital in Mulago in 2019 🇺🇬
“It made an enormous difference. We have access at all times & perform more operations"🙌
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