GCI Activities

Global Chest Initiatives (GCI) is a registered charitable 501 c3 organization headquartered in the state of Colorado, USA. GCI is established to improve the quality of life, education, treatment programs as well as the infrastructure mainly in the developing countries, for patients suffering from lung and cardiac problems
GCI 2019 Scholarship Recipients:
Nguyen Lu (School of Medicine – MD) – testing if wireless phones and a web platform can help empower the care system by minimizing lost-to-follow ups and increasing adherence to medication and anticoagulation management for RHD post-cardiac patients in Kigali, Rwanda

Taylor Davis (School of Medicine – MD) – creating a national RHD registry to track patients, determine disease prevalence, and provide support for establishing national policies with the goal of eradicating RHD in Rwanda
Each scholarship recipient will be presenting their scholarship research project.
​DAA 2018 batch Graduation ceremony was conducted at Christian Medical College, Vellore on Jan 10th 2019. 

Dr George Fernandez, Dean, St Johns Medical College, Bangalore was the chief guest of honor. 

Dr Avinash A Nair was conferred Dr Henry Claman Gold Medal award and Dr Saibal Moitra was awarded Dr Harold Nelson Silver Medal Award for overall proficiency.

​Our Commitment

​Bronchial asthma is a worldwide problem affecting hundreds of millions of individuals, both adults and children.  The World Health Organization reports that in 2019 alone, an estimated 262 million people were affected by asthma which also caused 455,000 deaths, and these numbers continue to grow.  Additionally, asthma is the most common cause of chronic disease among children, and is often under-diagnosed and under-treated in low- and middle-income countries.  These conditions result in a very high degree of morbidity, loss of man-hours and school hours, and loss of millions of dollars every year.  The morbidity due to asthma has been steadily increasing worldwide over the past decades, and there are several reasons of this rise in mortality.
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Our commitment is to counter this dangerous trend by improving access to proper care for more people worldwide.  We work towards achieving our commitment by: 1. Improving access to top-notch medical education for physicians, who in turn provide enhanced care and professional treatment to their patients; 2. Providing free and high-quality medical testing and care through our patented PRAANA charitable clinics; and 3. Supporting research and development to raise public awareness, as well as to improve professional training and technological applications. 
Saahns means Breath in Urdu and Hindi, and we focus on improving breathing.
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