This is our friend Jody. Several months ago, she was diagnosed at Pohnpei's local hospital with rheumatic heart disease (RHD), a condition in which there is permanent damage to the heart valve due to rheumatic fever. MAHI International took Jody's case to Adventist Health Bakersfield where she has been fighting desperately for her life these past couple months. But tomorrow is Jody's Big Day. It will be Valentine's Day in the States, and guess what?! Jody will get a NEW heart

Upon conclusion of the first rheumatic heart disease screening, Roger Moore and Dr. Payne Perman presented the results of their work to the FSM and the Pohnpei State government officials including the VP of the FSM and the Governor of Pohnpei. There were 6 schools included in the screening, totaling 1,881 local children served. Out of those screened, 37 children were diagnosed with definite RHD, and 87 children were identified with borderline disease. These children will be t

During the month of March 2016, MAHI International and its partners conducted the first school screening for rheumatic heart disease. We invited and sponsored expert sonographer Roger Moore to work alongside Dr. Payne Perman to identify unknown RHD cases in the local schools. Roger's wife Katharina assisted her husband in this outreach. #rheumaticheartdisease #rheumaticheartdiseasescreening