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Essential Pain Management for Children Challenge Annually, more than 61 million people worldwide experience about 6 billion days of serious health-related suffering that could be alleviated with access to palliative care and pain relief. However, …
Quality Improvement and Helping Babies Breathe in rural Liberia Challenge: Liberia had a neonatal mortality rate of 25 per 1,000 live births in 2017, one of the highest in the world. Systems and quality gaps are the major contributors to poor maternal and …
Curing Water on the Brain Challenge In places where access to neurosurgery is limited, children with untreated hydrocephalus often do not survive or suffer significant cognitive disabilities. Traditional treatment of hydrocephalus — insertion of shunts — …
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Delivering Pediatric Orthopedic Surgical Care Challenge About 1.3 million people live in Huila province, a region that was heavily affected by civil conflict in Colombia dating back to the 1960s. In addition to crippling the local economy the civil …
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Challenge In West Africa, heart disease is the most common birth defect, affecting one in 100 babies. In 2008, however, no heart surgery was available for children in Ghana. Where We Started Boston Children’s Hospital Cardiology Department founded Hearts …
For more information about our services or to schedule an appointment, please contact us at: Gender Multispecialty Service (GeMS) Phone: 617-355-4367 (355-GEMS) International patients International Patients Coming to GeMS Once your child’s eligibility for …
GeMS offers consultations, assessments, and care to children, teens, and young adults. This process differs on the patient’s age. For those 9 years old and younger: The GeMS-Youth (GeMS-Y) program offers consultations to gender-diverse youth and their …
Boston Children’s Guide to Gender Identity and Pronoun Use. This guidebook for health care professionals and others is a good basic primer on pronouns. Download now . Changing names and gender markers . This document contains information from GeMS on …