Funding

Worshippers in Lalibela, Ethiopia

FUND ALLOCATON

Funding from Vital Strategies and online donations will cover the following:

TEAM EATI

  • $2,500 covers travel for each EATI visiting faculty, Steering Committee Member, and administrator
  • $10,000 covers the procurement of medical equipment annually

TEAM ETHIOPIA

  • $3,000 covers travel and lodging for each trainee to present at international conferences
  • $3,000 covers travel and tuition for each trainee to attend Methods in Epidemiology, Clinical, and Operational Research (MECOR) program
  • $8,000 covers travel, lodging, and stipend for each trainee to participate in a clinical observership in the U.S. or Europe
EATI Doctors

SOURCES

PAST AND PRESENT

From January 2013 to December 2015, the East African Training Initiative was funded by the World Lung Foundation* and the Swiss Lung Foundation**.

In January 2016, World Lung Foundation and The Union: North America∆ merged to form Vital Strategies. Vital Strategies and Swiss Lung Foundation continued to fund EATI.

FUTURE

Currently, EATI is principally funded by Vital Strategies, EATI fundraising events, and online donations. EATI will gradually taper off its active involvement as our Ethiopian colleagues assume more prominent roles in the future of pulmonary and critical care medicine in Ethiopia.

*World Lung Foundation is a non-governmental organization based in New York dedicated to improving lung health in low- and middle-income nations.

**The Union: North America is the North American regional chapter of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (AKA The Union), an international organization based in Paris with a long history of combatting tuberculosis and lung disease throughout the world.

Ethiopian children

FUNDRAISERS AND DONATIONS

Your generous donation is needed to sustain this important, life-changing program.

Previous fundraising events were geared toward the procurement of medical equipment not funded by the World Lung Foundation, Swiss Lung Foundation, or Vital Strategies. With EATI having transitioned to self-funding more of its expenses, fundraisers and online donations are more important than ever.

The first fundraising events took place in January and February of 2014. Dr. Joseph Huang from New York University gave two solo piano recitals in New York and Taipei to raise funds for the procurement of much-needed medical equipment.

  • The $25,000 raised from the two recitals resulted in the purchase of the following items:
  • A $12,000 Olympus flexible bronchoscope.
  • A $7,000 Alere Epoc Blood Analysis System for arterial blood gas analysis previously not available at the Black Lion Hospital. Its introduction to the ICU dramatically improved the assessment and treatment of critically ill patients.
  • Quarterly purchase of BGEM Test Cards for the Epoc Blood Analysis System
  • Shipment of a Puritan Bennett 7200 mechanical ventilator from Altoona, Pennsylvania to Addis Ababa.