Emergency care services and training to ensure Eritrea has a better health care system

THE PROBLEM IN NUMBERS

4.05%

is the infant mortality rate of children under the age of 5 in Eritrea.

Duration:

1st phase (March 2019 – September 2020)
2nd pgase (April- September 2022)

Location:

Eritrea (Africa)

Beneficiaries:

Children with rheumatic heart disease and/or in need of nutritional supplementation; patients with kidney failure.

Supported by:

Agenzia Italiana per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo

Partners:

“Un Cuore, Un Mondo” Massa; As.Me.V. Calabria Onlus; Sisters of the Istituto Figlie di Sant’Anna.

Below is a statement detailing the public contribution received from the Italian Development Cooperation Agency in the year 2021, pursuant to Law 124/2017.
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Results 1st phase:
over the 19-month duration of the project, 3,323 children underwent echo-cardiographic screening, of whom 168 were found to have rheumatic heart disease and 31 to have congenital heart disease. On the other hand, 460 children received support with supplementary feeding, while approximately 50 patients of various ages underwent dialysis for chronic or acute kidney failure.

Results 2nd phase:
continuing the measures carried out since 2019, the renewed effort in Eritrea is focused on the prevention of rheumatic heart disease through screening and life-saving operations, particularly for children, and the treatment of kidney failure through dialysis.