The prevalence of cardiovascular disease is a growing challenge in Egypt, the MENA region and Africa. It is by far the highest cause of death for non-communicable diseases, resulting in an estimated 1.5 million deaths annually across the African continent. Most of these deaths would be preventable if adequate facilities and well-trained medical staff were more readily available.
KBF CANADA is working with the Magdi Yacoub Heart Foundation (MYF). The goal of this project is to expand access to world-class treatment, triple the number of training graduates and develop an advanced scientific reasearch center.
MYF was founded in 2008 in order to provide high quality healthcare to the underprivileged in Egypt. Aswan Heart Centre (AHC) was built in Aswan as the nearest hospital at the time was too far to provide adequate healthcare to the people of the region. Since then, MYF has been committed to providing free, state of the art cardiac treatment to those who could otherwise not afford it.
AHC has achieved regional and international recognition as a centre of excellence for cardiac treatment, research and training. However, the demand for AHC’s medical services has exceeded its capacity, and so the decision to build a new hospital, the Magdi Yacoub Global Heart Centre – Cairo, was taken.
The new hospital will triple AHC’s current scale of operations and will accommodate complex patients from the MENA, Gulf, and Africa. With a project of this magnitude, we will have a great impact and be able to reach and help those who need it the most.