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Organizations Filed Purposes: REACH ANOTHER IS A HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD BY INCREASING ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE, EDUCATION AND SAFE LIVING CONDITIONS. REACH ANOTHER BELIEVES THAT HEALTHCARE IS A BASIC HUMAN RIGHT, AND RECOGNIZES THAT A HEALTHY POPULATION IS ESSENTIAL FOR GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND PROSPERITY IN EVERY SOCIETY.

PRIMARY PREVENTION OF SPINA BIFIDA BIRTH DEFECTS - FOOD FORTIFICATION WITH FOLIC ACIDWORKED WITH OUR PREVENTION PARTNERS NUTRITION INTERNATIONAL AND THE ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE TO BEGIN PHASE 1 OF SALT FORTIFICATION WITH FOLIC ACID STUDIES, TO EVALUATE SALT, AND MAKE FOLIC ACID FORTIFIED SALT, AND EVALUATE THE SUPPLY CHAIN OF SALT. COVID RELATED PROBLEMS WITH AIR TRANSPORT OF CHEMICALS, LOCKDOWNS AND PRESSURE ON AVAILABILITY OF MANPOWER CAUSED DELAYS. RESULTS OF THESE STUDIES WILL BE COMING AVAILABLE 2021. ONE HIGHLIGHT IS THAT MANDATORY FORTIFICATION OF WHEAT FLOUR IS NOW BEING IMPLEMENTED IN ETHIOPIA. THIS WILL COVER 20% OF THE POPULATION.

CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCEWE SIGNED A CONTRACT WITH BAHIR DAR UNIVERSITY MAKING IT OUR 6TH CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN PEDIATRIC NEUROSURGERY IN ETHIOPIA.WE WERE UNABLE TO TRAVEL TO ETHIOPIA BECAUSE OF COVID. DESPITE THE SIGNIFICANT LOCKDOWNS BECAUSE OF HOSPITALS IN ETHIOPIA, APPROXIMATERLY 1,110 CHILDREN RECEIVED SPINA BIFIDA AND HYDROCEPHALUS OPERATIONS. THAT IS A DECREASE OVER 2019 OF AT LEAST 50%. PATIENTS RECEIVED SURGERY WITH SHORTER DELAYS THAN EVER BEFORE.ONE OF THE MAIN TASKS OF 2020 WAS DEVELOPING THE SPINA BIFIDA AND HYDROCEPHALUS SBH-TEAMS. THE FIRST TRAINING COURSE STARTED AT BAHIR DAR UNIVERSITY IN BAHIR DAR IN NORTHWESTERN ETHIOPIA IN DECEMBER AND CREATED A STRONG AND COMMITTED SBH TEAM.INITIATED DEVELOPMENT OF A RESEARCH PROJECT TO IDENTIFY ALL MOTHERS WITH SPINA BIFIDA PREGNANCIES AT TWO CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE AND PROVIDE THEM WITH FOLIC ACID AND FOLLOW UP CARE TO AVOID ADDITIONAL SB PREGNANCIESOUR PAPER "THE EFFECT OF FOLIC ACID FOOD FORTIFICATION ON NEUROSURGICAL MANPOWER IN ETHIOPIA" WAS PUBLISHED IN J BIRTH DEFECT RESEARCH. THE PAPER SHOWS THAT IMPLEMENTATION FOOD FORTIFICATION WILL SAVE 38 FULL TIME EQUIVALENT NEUROSURGICAL MAN YEARS THAT CAN BE DEVOTED TO OTHER NEEDED NEUROSURGICAL PATIENTS. DOI:10.1002/BDR.1857STARTED THE LAZARUS CIRCULAR INSTRUMENT PROJECT TO REPURPOSE DUTCH SURGICAL EQUIPMENT THAT IS BEING PHASED OUT BECAUSE OF EU REGULATIONS. THE 1ST SHIPMENT OF 1,100 INSTRUMENTS WAS DISTRIBUTED TO ALL CENTER OF EXCELLENCE HOSPITALS.DONATED A SET OF ETV (ENDOSCOPIC THIRD VENTRICULOSTOMY)EQUIPMENT TO GONDAR UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL THAT ALLOWS SURGERY FOR HYDROCEPHALUS WITHOUT THE USE OF A SHUNT DRAIN, THUS SAVING COMPLICATIONS AND ADDITIONAL SURGERIES FOR SHUNT BREAKDOWN.SENT $120,000 OF DONATED SURGICAL EQUIPMENT AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO OUR PARTNER HOSPITALS INCLUDING A TURBO 5000 ULTRASOUND MACHINE WITH A GRANT FROM THE SONOSITE CORPORATION. SENT $32,000 OF PPE EQUIPMENT TO SUPPORT OUR NEUROSURGICAL TEAMS AGAINST COVID-19 AND GRANTED $2,000 TO THE LALIBELA ROTARY CLUB TO PURCHASE FACE MASKS FOR LOCAL HEALTH CARE WORKERS.EXPANDED OUR NETWORK OF INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS. CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF ALABAMA WORKED WITH US ON THE NURSE TRAINING PROGRAM, WITH BEND PATIENT + FAMILY CARE. WE WERE INVITED TO JOIN THE FOLIC ACID SPINA BIFIDA PREVENTION TASK FORCE THAT AIMS TO MAKE FOOD FORTIFICATION WITH FOLIC ACID THE MOST IMPORTANT WAY TO IMPROVE PEDIATRIC NEUROSURGERY CARE IN THE WORLD.WORKED WITH HOPE SBH TO DISTRIBUTE OUR PARENT HANDBOOK, WHICH IS NOW IN ITS 4TH PRINTING OF 2000 COPIES IN ENGLISH/AMHARIC AND IS NOW BEING TRANSLATED IN OROMIFA AND SOMALI.EXPANDED OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ETHIOPIAN GOVERNMENT.STRONGER TOGETHER: OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH REACHANOTHER NEDERLAND IS STRONGER THAN EVER AND MORE EFFECTIVE IN EXECUTION OF OUR MISSION ETHIOPIA, AND AS A RESULT RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR ETHIOPIAN FRIENDS ARE ALSO STRONGER THAN EVER.OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS: ADDED RYAN KELLEY JD. OUR COMMITTEES ARE WORKING WELL TOGHETHER AND ARE MORE PRODUCIVE THAN EVER. OUR COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE WAS A GUIDING LIGHT DURING THE YEAR OF COVID, AND THEIR EFFORTS KEPT OUR FINANCES STABLE. WE DESIGNED A NEW WEBSITE, IMPROVED OUR ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT AND CREATED A TWO-PAGE FACT SHEET.IN SUMMARY: THE YEAR OF COVID WAS CHALLENGING AND GENERATED NEW INSIGHTS AND STRATEGIES THAT MOVED REACHANOTHER FORWARD. WE THANK OUR ETHIOPIAN COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR EXTRAORDINARY COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION TO OUR PATIENTS, AND FOR THEIR ALWAYS UPBEAT ATTITUDE. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING ALL OF OUR SUPPORTERS AND ALL OF OUR ETHIOPIAN PARTNERS IN PERSON IN 2021.

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