HUMANITARIAN (18 July, 2017 Tuesday / 13:30 - 15:30)

Humanitarian: Develop, Train and Retain: Planning Integrated and Sustainable Pediatric Cardiac Care
13:30 – 13:35 Introduction (5 min)
Patricia Hickey, US
13:35 – 13:50 How should institutions in low-middle income countries address the shortage of trained professionals?
Masood Sadiq, Pakistan
13:50 – 14:05 Nurse training, support and retention
Rohini Paul, India
14:05 – 14:20 Governmental policy determines outcome
Nelson Yatsuda, Brazil
14:20 – 14:35 Private & public partnerships are the optimum model for cardiac care
Blanca del Valle, Mexico
14:35 – 14:50 Effective managers and management systems enable sustainable care
Sanjeev Singh, US
14:50 – 15:05 International NGO support is invaluable
Bistra Zheleva, US
15:05 - 15:30 Discussion
Led by Christopher Hugo-Hamman, Namibia