Presented during the 2017 Presidential Peace Conference in Atlanta. Track D, Session 3: Vocational Training Teams: Inbound and Outbound Exchanges

1. VTT INBOUND AND OUTBOUND
POLIO CORRECTIVE SURGERIES – A STRATEGY FOR POLIO FREE
WORLD
PDG DR. RAJIV PRADHAN
10TH
JUNE 2017

2. Reach Out To Africa
India’s Initiative

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VISIONARY ARCHITECT

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Surgical Therapy Projects (37)
• Uganda 3
• Ethiopia 4
• Nigeria 8
• Tanzania 1
• Zambia 3
• Malawi 4
• Swaziland 1
• Madagascar 1
• Lesotho 3
• Sierra-Leone 1
• Rwanda 4
• Congo 1
• Cambodia 2
• Zimbabwe 1

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Specialties
• Ophthalmologists
• Orthopedic Surgeons
• Dental Surgeons
• ENT Surgeons
• Gen. Surgeons
• Plastic Surgeons
• Anesthesiologists
• Gynecologists
• Urologists
• Paed. surgeons
• Pathologist
• Physicians
• Volunteers – over 350

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METICULOUS PLANNING

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TRANSPORT LOGISTICS
• Supplies over 1000 Kg each time
• Permissions
Drug Controller
Customs
Airport Authorities
Govt. Health Depts.

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Thirty Seven Medical Missions
• Patients Examined over 200 thousand
• Total Surgeries over 73000
• Total ‘Benefit’ over $ 15 million
• Volunteer Service ‘Priceless’

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INDIA
• Resistance to Polio Vaccination
• No faith in Medical Services, False propaganda
• Over 4500 polio corrective surgeries
• Ulema Committee – Proactive
• Aim to replicate the Indian success story in Nigeria

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AIM
• Polio Corrective Surgeries
• Training local surgeons & anesthesiologists
• Polio Immunization – Advocacy
• Indian Team – Service Beyond Borders
• Rotary’s Image Building
• Sensitization to “Service”

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NIGERIA - ABHUJA
CHALLENGES
• Security Risk – Medical Team
- Patients & Parents
• Local travelling
• Too many patients

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KEFFI
HOSPITAL
UTH
GWAGWALADA
HOTEL
HOLDING BAY

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Volunteers in Action

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OUR ACHIEVEMENTS
• Over 750 patients screened
• 353 children operated
• 780 surgeries performed
• Media coverage : TV, Radio, Websites
• Health Minister of Nigeria visited and operated

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ADVOCACY – POLIO IMMUNIZATION
• Training – Nursing staff
• Parents – Motivation & Training (supervised
everyday)
• Feed back to WHO - Concerns of Parents

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Life was so tough
It’s cool now !

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• Nigerian Old Lady – Gift – A plastic fan
• World is one family
• Peace through service

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Thank You