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"CHD dị adị na anyị ka ọ dịkwa": Brave Little Hearts South Africa

Brave Little Hearts South Africa (BLHSA) bụ nkwado na nkwado otu maka ndị nne na nna nwere ụmụaka nwere ọrịa obi na-efe efe (CHD). BLHSA na-agba mbọ ịkwalite mmata maka CHD site n'ịkwado na mejuputa mmemme nkwado maka ezinụlọ nwere CHD, yana nkwado site n'ịmepụta nyiwe na ngalaba ahụike maka itinye aka n'ihe gbasara CHD dị oke mkpa. BLHSA nwekwara mmemme ụlọ akwụkwọ ebe anyị na-akụziri ụmụaka yana ndị ọrụ gbasara CHD.  

Brave Little Hearts SA tọrọ ntọala maka nsọpụrụ nke ada anyị nwanyị, Thaakirah Matthews, onye amụrụ nwere nkwarụ obi siri ike nke na-agabeghị na ya mgbe a mụrụ ya. A mụrụ Thaakirah nwere ventricle aka nri abụọ (DORV), ntụgharị nke nnukwu akwara (TGA), pulmonary stenosis (PS), na ntụpọ ventricular septal (VSD). A na-ahazi ọnọdụ Thaakirah dị ka 1 n'ime 500 000 nke dabara na 1-3% nke ikpe CHD zuru ụwa ọnụ. 

Enwere m afọ ime nke ọma, na nyocha m niile tupu ịmụ nwa pụtakwara nke ọma. Mgbe a mụsịrị Thaakirah, ọ nwere agba "adịghị mma" mana a gwara m na ọ bụ n'ihi homonụ m ka dị na sistemu ya na oge agba ya ga-agbanwe. N’oge anyị nọ n’ụlọ ọgwụ, m gbasiri mbọ ike inye nwa ara, ma a gwakwara m ọzọ na ọ ga-ewe oge nakwa na ọ dị m nnọọ mkpa ịnọgidesi ike. Ụbọchị ole na ole ka e mesịrị, a chụrụ anyị n'ọrụ ma nye anyị ụgwọ ahụ́ ike dị ọcha. Mana mụ Thaakirah ahụghị nke ọma. Na nyocha mgbochi nwa ya, ajụrụ m agba ya ọzọ. Ahụ ya site n'elu isi ya ruo na nsọtụ ụkwụ ya bụ agba odo odo miri emi. Egbugbere ọnụ ya, ire na ime ọnụ ya bụ otu agba odo odo ahụ. Ma a kagburu nchegbu m. N'ihi na Thaakirah na-agbasi mbọ ike ibu ibu, m na-anọ n'ụlọ ọgwụ dị n'ógbè anyị kwa ụbọchị iji nyere aka na nri. Na nleta ọ bụla, m na-ajụ ma ọ dị mma n'ihi na n'anya m, ọ dịghị "ezigbo". N'agbanyeghị ndị ọrụ ahụike (ma ndị nkeonwe ma ndị gọọmentị) gbara ya gburugburu kwa ụbọchị, a hụghị ọnọdụ obi Thaakirah dị egwu.  

Mgbe Thaakirah dị ọnwa 3, dara ọrịa afọ ọsịsa nke mere ka anyị gaa n'ụlọ ọgwụ dị n'ógbè anyị ebe dọkịta lere ya otu anya wee sị, "Nwa gị nwanyị nwere ọrịa obi." Ma otu ahụ ka njem anyị na CHD siri malite n'ụzọ eze. 

N'otu aka ahụ enwere m obi ụtọ na ahụ iru ala na m mechara mara ihe na-eme Thaakirah, mana n'aka nke ọzọ…… 

Ọkwa oxygen Thaakirah na nchoputa bụ 55%. Ozugbo afọ ọsịsa ya kwụsịrị, a wara ya ahụ nke mbụ ya. N'ime ọnwa ole na ole sochirinụ ruo mgbe Thaakirah tụgharịrị 2 ụlọ ọgwụ ahụ ghọrọ ụlọ nke abụọ anyị. Enwere m akpa ụlọ ọgwụ juru ebe niile n'ihi na a na-anabata anyị n'izu ọ bụla ọzọ. Ọ dabara nke ọma, oge a ka m maara akara na akara nke CHD yana ihe m ga-eleba anya. 

N'afọ 2013, otu dọkịta na-awa ọrịa obi obi si France bịara South Africa ka ọ rụọ ọrụ mgbazi nke Thaakirah mana ọ butere ọrịa ntị na akpịrị, ma kagbuo ịwa ahụ. Mgbe obere ahụ ya nọ na-alụso ọrịa ahụ ọgụ, o gosipụtara ihe mgbaàmà nke ahụ mkpọnwụ ihu wee kpọba ya n'ụlọ ọgwụ obi n'ụlọ ọgwụ Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital na Cape Town, South Africa. Otu ụbọchị ka e mesịrị, ọ kwụsịrị ijegharị n'otu akụkụ nke ahụ ya na mgbe nyocha MRI gasịrị, ndị ọkà mmụta akwara chọpụtara abscesses abụọ na-eto eto na ụbụrụ ya - otu n'elu ụbụrụ ya na nke ọzọ dị n'etiti ụbụrụ ụbụrụ ya na oghere na-erughị 2mm. na dayameta. Nke a sitere na mkpụkọ ọbara butere ọrịa nke si n'otu ọnụ ụlọ obi gaa na nke ọzọ wee ruo n'ụbụrụ ya.  

Na 12 Julaị 2013, Neurosurgeons gburu ihe mberede mberede na ọnya n'elu ụbụrụ ya, mana ọnya nke abụọ dị n'etiti ụbụrụ ụbụrụ ya na-eto ngwa ngwa ma na-ebibi ihe niile dị n'ụzọ ya. Ka ụbọchị ọ bụla na-agafe ahụ ahụ mkpọnwụ ahụ na-akawanye njọ, Thaakirah wee malite ịtụfu anya na okwu. Na 16 Julaị 2013 neurosurgeons rụrụ a stereotactic neuronavigational-eduzi ọchịchọ nke abscess site na iji Cape Town Stereotactic Pointer, nke otu ndị ọkachamara Cape Town mere. Emebeghị ọrụ a ruo ọtụtụ afọ na Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital na ihe ize ndụ ahụ bụ ahụ mkpọnwụ ma ọ bụ na-etetaghị mgbe a wachara ya ahụ. Usoro ahụ gara nke ọma, na Thaakirah nwetara ezigbo mgbake mgbe oge nlekọta dị oke mkpa na ngalaba nlekọta ahụike ụmụaka nke ụlọ ọgwụ - ICU kasị ukwuu maka ụmụaka n'Africa. Agbanyeghị, njem nnabata a nke ụlọ ọgwụ akwụsịbeghị maka Thaakirah n'ihi na ntụpọ obi ya ka na-emebi. 

Mgbe ọ nwesịrị nhụjuanya obi abụọ nke obi na mmalite 2, Thaakirah nwere usoro Nikaidoh-bex nke onye dọkịta na-awa ahụ na-ahụ maka ọrịa obi, Dr André Brooks mere - usoro ịwa ahụ nke mbụ nke ụdị ya na obi nwatakịrị na Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital. Na 2014 Disemba 3 Thaakirah ga-eme mmemme 2023 yath ụbọchị ọmụmụ. 

Mgbe nyochachara, ileghachi anya azụ na akara ngosi niile dị ebe ahụ: agba anụnụ anụnụ, mkpụmkpụ ume, nri siri ike, ịhịa aka n'ahụ, na ọsụsọ siri ike. Enweghị mmata nwere ike ịkpata ọnwụ ọzọ. Mana Thaakirah aghọghị ọnụ ọgụgụ. Ọ ghọrọ isi iyi nke mkpali na olileanya nye ndị ọzọ.  

Brave Little Hearts SA rụpụtara nnukwu ọrụ: 

In July 2016 BLHSA kwadoro 2 ịwa ahụ obi na-aga nke ọma na Kenya na Kurdistan n'otu n'otu. 

In July 2017, anyị ghọrọ a tọrọ ntọala onye Global ARCH.  

In 2018, Onye nnọchi anya BLHSA Thaakirah na nwanne ya nwanyị, Sumayyah, guzobere akụkụ nke RX Radio SA (ụlọ ọrụ redio dabere na Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital nke ụmụaka na-agba maka ụmụaka) ebe ha gbara ndị dọkịta na ndị nọọsụ ajụjụ ọnụ gbasara CHD. 

In 2019 Enyere BLHSA a Ọnọdụ inye onyinye Platinum Partner maka ntinye aka anyị n'oge mgbasa ozi ncheta ụbọchị ọmụmụ ụbọchị ọmụmụ. Otu otu narị na iri asaa na abụọ sonyere na mgbasa ozi a. 

N'afọ 2019, BLHSA nyere igwe echo mkpagharị dị mkpa n'ụlọọgwụ Provincial & Cecilia Makiwane na Eastern Cape. 

3 Disemba 2019, Ewepụtara Popsicle Initiative, nke bụ Nyocha nwa amụrụ ọhụrụ pulse oximetry maka ụmụ amụrụ ọhụrụ na ụlọ ọgwụ Mowbray Maternity na Cape Town South Africa. (Nke a abụghị ihe ngosi mmanye na South Africa) 

3 Disemba 2020 na mmekorita ya na Ngalaba Ahụike Western Cape, Brave Little Hearts SA weputara South Africa nke mbu akwadoro ụbọchị mmejọ obi nke mba. 

In 2023, BLHSA gara wee soro na 8th World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery na Washington DC. 

Isi ihe ịma aka anyị na-enwe bụ enweghị ihe ọmụma na nghọta nke CHD site n'aka ndị nne na nna na ndị obodo n'ihi na ha aghọtaghị ịdị njọ nke ọnọdụ ahụ. Ahụmahụ anyị na nyocha anyị na-egosi na enweghị nlebara anya zuru oke na nchọpụta ọrịa obi a mụrụ tupu a mụọ ya ma ọ bụ mgbe a mụrụ ya. 

BLHSA na-atụ anya ịkụziri ndị nne na nna, ndị nlekọta, na ndị obodo banyere ihe ịrịba ama na mgbaàmà nke CHD, si otú a na-enye ha ihe ọmụma iji nye onwe ha aka na ịkwado ụmụ ha ozugbo ha hapụrụ ụlọ ọgwụ.  

BLHSA ga-achọ ka CHD bụrụ aha ezinụlọ.  

BLHSA ga-achọ ka nwatakịrị ọ bụla a mụrụ na CHD nwee ohere ịlụ ọgụ na ndụ.  

    "Na-enyere aka idozi – obere obi gbajiri agbaji - Otu obi - N'oge A" 

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Nahimeh Jaffar 

Nahimeh Jaffar nwere rụrụ ọrụ dị ka onye njikwa ọrụ ikike (PMP) na mpaghara dị iche iche, gụnyere Ahụike Ọha, Biotech, na Pharmaceuticals, na-arụ ọrụ n'ime ntọala ụlọ ọgwụ dị ka ụlọ ọgwụ na ụlọ ọgwụ. Na mgbakwunye, ọ na-arụ ọrụ na obodo zuru ụwa ọnụ na Africa, Caribbean, na Middle East, na-akwado ọrụ dị iche iche metụtara mmekọrịta mmadụ na ibe ya. Nwada Jaffar etinyela aka na atụmatụ ahụike mgbochi mgbochi yana mmekorita ya na Center for Disease Control (CDC, USA) na Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS, USA).

 

Nwada Jaffar jide MBA na Business Development si Switzerland Institute of Higher Management, Vevey, Switzerland, na nzere bachelọ na Consumer Affairs si California State University, Northridge, USA.

Amy Verstappen, Onye isi ala

Amy Verstappen abụwo onye nkwado ọrịa na onye nkuzi ahụike kemgbe 1996, mgbe ihe ịma aka nke onwe ya bi na nsogbu obi siri ike dugara ya na ọgbakọ okenye ọgbakọ, ebe o jere ozi dịka onye isi ala site na 2001 rue 2013. O jegoro na onye ndụmọdụ nke Lọ Ọrụ Maka Ọrịa Na-achịkwa Obi Obi, Ugbo na Ọbara Institute; na International Society for Adult Congenital Cardiac Disease, ma soro ndị ọrịa na ndị ọkachamara na-arụ ọrụ na USA na ụwa niile rụọ ọrụ. Nwanyị Verstappen natara Nna-ukwu na Mmụta na 1990 na Masters na Global Health na 2019.