April 2019
Maputo, Mozambique
SiGH granted $10,000 in support of the Year 2 Cardiovascular Partnership Collaboration and Training in Maputo. In April 2019, the seven member cardiology team led by Dr. Ulrika Birgersdotter-Green, of the University of California, San Diego, returned to the University of Eduardo Mondlane, (UEM) in Maputo, Mozambique for the second year.
This year’s focuses were arrhythmia management, pacemaker implantations, patient screenings, and cardiothoracic surgery and critical care, along with echocardiography (teaching that extended beyond cardiologists to internal medicine faculty, as well as emergency room and ob-gyn physicians). There were daily formal lectures, workshops, and hands-on training during procedures. Many of the staff that were involved in the collaboration last year, were again in procedure rooms and in follow up this year. This enabled good continuity of education.