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Marcello’s Mission 2024: Quiet Work, Steady Gains

In two weeks, Marcello SeungJu Na taught at the bedside, screened patients for cardiac surgery, delivered essential supplies, and planned future rotations—quiet, practical support that helps Malawian clinics carry on stronger after the mission ends.

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2024 Christmas Bake Sale: A Sweet Success

Two weeks of cookies and community raised CAD $1,200CAD $689 net—for MTIMA’s work, turning holiday treats into practical support for education and healthcare in the year ahead.

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Rianne: Teaching the Heart, By Hand

For 14 days in October, Rianne of Amsterdam UMC taught echocardiography at the bedside in Malawi—calm, precise, and hands-on—leaving behind cleaner scans, clearer reports, and a clinic day that moves with more confidence.

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Gabriel Ho: The Volunteer Turning Echoes into Impact

Cardiac sonographer Gabriel Ho doubles as MTIMA’s outreach engine—turning echo expertise into shareable lessons, lifting engagement and education, and proving that clear communication is not a luxury in cardiac care. It’s upstream medicine.

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A Milestone Moment: MTIMA’s Debut at CSE 2024

At CSE 2024 in Montreal, MTIMA made its public debut—live demos, real conversations, and new partnerships—turning a conference booth into a launchpad for sharper teaching, shared protocols, and community-driven echocardiography.

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MTIMA’s Gift: Uncrating a Future at KUHeS

A GE S70 ultrasound traveled from Ontario to KUHeS and became more than a donation—hands-on training, clearer echoes, faster referrals. Logistics met purpose, and a classroom machine turned into a clinic’s new habit of precision.

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A Healing Touch: Five Days That Rewired Malawi’s Cardiac Care

In five days at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, a JKCI–Malawi cardiology camp saw 724 patients—524 with heart disease, 60 needing urgent care, 200 queued for surgery—turning months of waiting into actionable plans and resetting expectations for homegrown cardiac capacity.

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KUHeS & MTIMA: Where Evidence Becomes Everyday Care

KUHeS turns evidence into habit, training clinicians to practice what the data prove. Partnering with MTIMA since 2022, the university is strengthening cardiac imaging where it counts—clearer echoes, cleaner reports, faster referrals—so everyday care gains speed, precision, and staying power.

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MUST & MTIMA: Designing a Diagnostic Future in Malawi

At Malawi University of Science and Technology, MTIMA joined local clinicians to map a high-level diagnostic program built for real clinics: durable equipment, disciplined echo training, quality loops, and a Malawian pipeline from classroom to ward—skills that stay.

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Radiology, Rewired: Malawi’s Plan to See Patients Clearly

Malawi’s National Radiology Policy treats imaging as essential care, not a luxury—standardizing services, training pipelines, and quality assurance in a system short on staff but long on need. The goal is simple: see better, decide faster, treat smarter—across clinics, wards, and time.

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COVID-19 in Malawi: A Hard Year, A Clearer Mandate for Heart Health

COVID-19 hit Malawi on April 2, 2020; policy moved fast, courts calibrated, and hospitals ran on oxygen and ingenuity. Amid rising cardiac disease, MTIMA builds durable capacity—echo skills, clearer reports, tighter pathways—because competence compounds and minutes saved become lives steadied.

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