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A new hope for Pearl: the journey of a Ugandan child thanks to the Open Heart Pobic project. The Open Heart Pobic project continues to give a voice and a future to children with severe heart disease in the world's most vulnerable contexts. This is the story of Nyamata Shamairah Pearl, a Ugandan child…

On a mission in Accra: towards a research protocol on rheumatic heart disease in Ghana From September 14 to 18, 2025, the operations director of the Pobic Association, Ada Caraffini, took part in a mission to Ghana, together with cardiologist Davide Morolla. Objective of the trip: to start work on drafting ...

Pobic at the Rome “Ukraine Recovery” Conference: renewed commitment to the reconstruction of Ukraine On July 10 and 11, 2025, the fourth edition of the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC2025) took place in Rome, an international event promoted by the governments of Italy and Ukraine to strengthen global cooperation in the reconstruction of Ukraine, …

Pobic and the National Cardiothoracic Centre of Accra united against RHD in Ghana Pobic NGO and the National Cardiothoracic Centre of Accra (Ghana) signed a three-year international cooperation agreement on June 30th with the aim of combating Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) in Ghanaian children. With over 40 …

Emergency Transport: why today more than ever it is necessary to support Pobic's Emergency Transport In Ukraine people are still dying, even if the news no longer reports it. In recent days, Ukraine has been hit by the most massive wave of Russian attacks since the beginning of the conflict: between June 29 and the ...

Thoughts and Colors Contest: When Solidarity is Colored with Creativity Four schools, hundreds of young artists, one single great heart. The POBIC contest concluded with an extraordinary celebration of solidarity. When POBIC launched the “Thoughts and Colors” contest in the 2024/2025 school year, the idea was as simple as it was powerful: ...