Every week, the echoes® program connects pediatric cardiology experts in France with cardiologists from La Chaîne de l’Espoir’s medical network in several countries, during live remote ultrasound sessions.
Afghanistan: women banned from university, a serious threat to maternal and child healthcare
Already excluded from secondary schools for girls (from sixth grade upwards), women are now forbidden to study at university.
Afghanistan: IMFE’s quality of care recognized by SafeCare certification
IMFE is the first hospital in Afghanistan to receive SafeCare level 5 certification.
Afghanistan: routing medical equipment and materials
Thanks to a European Union humanitarian airlift that has just landed in Kabul, we have been able to deliver medical equipment and supplies to Afghanistan.
Afghanistan: opening of a hospital unit for malnourished children
With hunger affecting 95% of the Afghan population, La Chaîne de l’Espoir is mobilizing to care for children suffering from severe malnutrition.
Afghanistan: donation of medical and nutritional equipment
At the Institut Médical pour la Femme et l’Enfant (IMFE) in Kabul, we have just received a major donation of medical and nutritional equipment from the Centre de Crise et de Soutien (CDCS) of the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs.
Afghanistan: IMFE continues to provide care despite an uncertain future
At the beginning of August, the Taliban seized more than half of Afghanistan’s provincial capitals, before reentering Kabul on August 15. The Islamic State is declared.
United Surgeons for Children
Wednesday, November 20, 2019: La Chaîne de l’Espoir expands!
9th Annual Scientific Conference in Kabul
Review of the 9th annual scientific conference of the French Medical Institute for Mother and Child in Kabul (IMFE)
Expanding South-South cooperation
A collaboration between Kabul and Bamako led to a cardiac surgery mission at the André Festoc cardio-pediatric center in Bamako from April 6 to 20.