This ASE Foundation global health outreach event was supported by donor contributions to the Annual Appeal as well as in-kind contributions from our Partners in Care.
Nairobi • Eldoret
September 14-20, 2019
In collaboration with the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, the Foundation returned to Western Kenya in September to assess primary and secondary school children for undiagnosed rheumatic and congenital heart disease. Team members also participated in a one-day educational symposium with the Kenya Cardiac Society for clinicians in the greater Nairobi area.
Our goal with this effort was to assist with increasing the detection of cardiac disease in pediatric patients in rural communities, training of local health care workers, and data collection to better define local disease burden. It also built upon the Foundation’s previous visit to Kenya in 2016, further fostering a cultural and professional exchange with the Kenyan medical community.
Learn more about the Foundation’s previous work in Kenya at ASEFoundation.org/Kenya and in the Fall 2016 ASE Foundation Newsletter. A feature story about our recent event is highlighted in the 2019 issue of Echo Magazine.
Team Leaders
Michael Foster, RCS, RDCS, FASE – Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA and Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret, Kenya
Myra Maghasi, MD – Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret, Kenya
Gregory Tatum, MD, FASE – Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
Team Members
Brittany Byrd, BS, RDCS, FASE – Raleigh, NC, USA
Emmily Chesire, MD – Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret, Kenya
Emmah Chesoli – Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret, Kenya
Francis Dagala – Eldoret, Kenya
Vena David – Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret, Kenya
Suzanne Davy-Snow, BSc, DMU – Starship Childrens Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
Gregory Ensing, MD, FASE – University of Michigan CS Mott Children’s Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Gregory Frary, BS, RDCS, FASE – Children’s Hospital of Illinois, Peoria, IL, USA
Brittney Guile, BS, RDCS – University of Chicago Ann & Robert H. Lurie Childrens Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA
Jill Inafuku, BS, RDCS, RDMS, FASE – Tripler Army Medical Center, Kaneohe, HI, USA
Pauline Kebenei – Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret, Kenya
Daniel Kemei – Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret, Kenya
Joyce Kipkeih – Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret, Kenya
Timothy Koech – Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret, Kenya
Oliver Korongo – Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret, Kenya
Joy Marsha – Eldoret, Kenya
Salome Ngeong – Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret, Kenya
Gedion (Titus) Ngeno, MD – Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret, Kenya and Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
Rachel Onyango – Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret, Kenya
Ernesto Rivera, MD – The Permanente Medical Group, Sacramento, CA, USA
Josephat Sabilah – Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret, Kenya
Melissa Wasserman, RDCS, RCCS, FASE – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Partners in Care
Kenya Cardiac Society
Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital
GE Healthcare
Hitachi Healthcare Americas
Asante sana, thank you, to all of our team members and collaborators in this event. It would not have been possible without you.
Training
On Saturday, September 14, ASEF and the Kenya Cardiac Society (KCS) presented a Joint Symposium on Congenital Heart Disease in Nairobi, hosted by GE Healthcare. KCS leadership Drs. Bernard Gitura, Bernard Samia, and Christine Jowi recruited over 70 local clinicians from across Nairobi to engage with the ASEF team in a full day of didactic lectures and hands-on applications training. The lectures covered topics including cyanotic heart disease, pulmonary hypertension, and stenotic and shunt lesions. The hands-on training session focused on acquisition techniques and analysis.
The symposium was an important opportunity to further foster a cultural and professional exchange with the Kenyan medical community, and to develop new friendships with another membership-based society.
Outreach
4 days │ 4 schools │ 1,229 students scanned
Working closely with a large group of nurses, clinical officers, and sonographers from MTRH, the team visited three primary schools (for children ages 6-13) and one secondary school (for children ages 14-18). At the end of the week, they had scanned 1,229 students, plus many of the adult teachers at each school. Of the students, 6.8% were diagnosed with pathology and will be further assessed by the clinicians at MTRH.
Day 1: Kapkoi Primary School – 317 students
Day 2: Iten Primary School – 396 students
Day 3: Iten Primary School – 263 students
Day 4: Kapkoi Secondary School – 112 students; and William Murgor Primary School – 141 students
Experiences
