The Shisong Cardiac Center in Cameroon: An Example of a Long-Term Collaboration/Cooperation Toward Autonomy

• Main Authors: Alessandro Giamberti (Author), Gianfranco Butera (Author), Charles MVE Mvondo (Author), Silvia Cirri (Author), Alessandro Varrica (Author), Nadia Moussaidi (Author), Giuseppe Isgrò (Author), Jean Claude Ambassa (Author), Cabral Tantchou (Author), Giovanni Giamberti (Author), Alessandro Frigiola (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2018-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Congenital heart diseases (CHD) are present in nearly 1% of live births; according to WHO, there are 1. 5 million newborns affected by CHD per year and more than 4 million children waiting for cardiac surgery treatment worldwide. The majority of these children (~90%) could be treated, saved and subs...