Author: Kerry Rait

Belarus

BACKGROUND Nicola Collins gives physiotherapy demonstration and leads discussion. This is a report of the visit to Minsk 24th to 28th September 2007, a major part of the CHI Belarus Cystic Fibrosis Project. This visit took place as a result of collaboration betweenSolvay Pharmaceuticals GmbH (now Abbot) (represented by Dr. Ulrike Tanneberger) and Child Health International. Solvay sponsored the project at an estimated cost of …

Albania

This page covers two visits: from the UK to Albania in May 2012, and from Albania to the UK in March 2013. Visit to Albania, May 2012 The visit was arranged at the invitation of Mirela Idrizaj, chair of the Albanian League of Cystic Fibrosis in conjunction with Prof. Evda Veveka of the National Children’s Hospital in Tirana. The CHI …

Lithuania

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Report on visit to Vilnius 19 – 22 October Introduction and objectives Over a three day period in late October a team of experienced clinicians from the Royal Brompton Hospital visited the Paediatric Cystic Fibrosis service at Vilnius University Hospital. Working alongside colleagues in Vilnius, they held five outpatient clinic sessions, organised in a fully multidisciplinary way to represent as …

Latvia

Page ContentsCF and Latvia – the story begins20082008 – Visit analysis200920102012201520162017 CF and Latvia – the story begins As we began thinking about the re-design of our own website, we looked at other cystic fibrosis related websites. On Cystic Fibrosis Worldwide’s website ( www.cfww.org )in March 2007, we found this plea for help from Latvia: Doctors in Latvia are not interested in …

Estonia

Tallinn & Tartu October 2014 Aims To establish an understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of the service for CF patients in Estonia. To give a presentation to medical staff in both Tallinn & Tartu to explain the methods and approaches used by staff in Cardiff. To deliver PEP masks donated by CHI and give practical demonstrations in their use …