Increasing Access to Pediatric Heart Surgery in Bolivia

An invited speaker series of the G4 Alliance Latin America and the Caribbean Working Group.

Puente de Solidaridad is a Bolivian foundation dedicated to reducing poverty and improving quality of life through health and education programs. Alongside its U.S.-based sister organization, Solidarity Bridge, PdS manages programs to facilitate access to neuro, general, gynecologic, and heart surgery for low-income Bolivians.

No public hospital in Bolivia offers pediatric heart surgery to treat the hundreds of infants born each year with complex congenital heart defects, and that is only one of the obstacles faced by their families. PdS has developed an integral approach to connect these families to the care they need and accompany them through the process.

- Patricia Vargas, Executive Director of Puente de Solidaridad (PdS)
- Dr. Carlos Brockmann, Pediatric Heart Surgeon, PdS Board Member and Medical Director Marizol Mamani, PdS Social Worker
- Marcela Canedo, PdS Head of Public Outreach and Fundraising

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