The assignment of neonatologist Antonia Bartetzko lasted a total of six weeks, marking the official start of the GZI “Clinic Partnerships” program between Charité Berlin and the Referral Hospital in Thimphu, Bhutan.
The ward for premature and sick newborns in Asmara has existed since 2002 and has been supported and accompanied by two ARCHEMED teams several times a year since the association was founded in 2010.
Our international surgical center for children, the IOCCA, has existed in the capital Asmara since 2002. It was designed by Dr. Andreas Urban, the former director of the German Pediatric Heart Center in Sankt Augustin.
In cooperation with the Pediatric Oncology in Developing Countries working group and the International Society of Pediatric Oncology, ARCHEMED will implement the first programs to combat cancer in Eritrea.