The Dean of the University officially launched the project “Neonatal screening among newborns in Senegal”. More than 150 participants honored the event with their participation, including representatives of national health structures, like Public Health Ministry and Ministry of Higher Education (the research and applied science), important medical and education institutions, namely the Director of the Albert Royer hospital hosting the diagnostic center and the President of the gynaecologists. Nurses, midwives, pediatricians, gynaecologists, ENT doctors and students also took part in the workshop and among others greatly benefited from theoretical and practical training on newborn hearing screening which was organized on the last day of the workshop. All the participants warmly welcomed the project and confirmed their support and engagement.
The Austrian Development Agency (ADA), the operational unit of Austrian Development Cooperation, seeks to ensure that sustainable development works to the benefit of all people in Africa, Asia, Southeast Europe and the South Caucasus. Together with partner countries, public institutions, civil society organisations and businesses, ADA is currently implementing projects and programs with a total volume of 500 million euros.
MED-EL is a family-owned company founded by two renowned scientists, Doctor Ingeborg Hochmair and Professor Doctor Erwin Hochmair in 1990. The company creates solutions to address all kinds of hearing loss. Its cochlear implants and other products help people with hearing loss all over the planet to (re)discover the beautiful world of sounds.