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11 Apr

Worth the Wait

After two years of delays due to Covid, and then another delay due to an Ebola outbreak in Uganda, the US team was finally able to hold our second workshop at Uro Care in Kampala. Our committed team treated, connected with and supported 23 families from all over Uganda.

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11 Apr

A One-of-a-kind, Worldwide Collaboration

A-BE-C is so proud to be a part of the annual Bladder Exstrophy workshop which celebrated its 15th year in January!!! After two days of extensive discussion and five days of complex surgeries, I can’t thank Civil Hospital enough for their ongoing commitment to our beautiful children and families living with bladder exstrophy.

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1 Feb

Resilience: Overcoming Obstacles to Impact Lives Around the Globe

Anna Artigas, daughter of Executive Director Pamela Artigas, is traveling with A-BE-C for the 2023 International Exstrophy Workshop in Uganda as part of a service project to provide support to teens with exstrophy.

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12 Nov

Alves to India

Late in the day at a makeshift ‘medical mission’ clinic in the Bahamas as the doors were closing for the day, a family hesitantly knocked on the door. Judging by the looks on their faces, the volunteer nurses knew they were desperate for help. Avles, an adorable five year old boy stood before them - they could smell him before they met him. Alves’ father, Lucner, out of desperation and faith asked if they would see his child, not really expecting they could do anything.

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6 Jul

Keep On Keeping On

We recently had the rare opportunity to get some words of wisdom from Australian, Tom Flood, who was born in 1930 with bladder exstrophy. In those days, very little was known about bladder exstrophy and no treatment options were available. His parents were told that Tom was not expected to survive and if he was not in pain, just to leave things as are. But Tom had other plans! 

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11 May

A-BE-C Partners with Physician Group to Raise over $500,000 to Aid India in Their Fight Against Covid

A-BE-C has teamed up with a group of physicians in a coordinated effort to send much needed oxygen concentrators to partner hospitals in major cities in India, to aid in their continued fight against Covid. India is experiencing the world's worst outbreak, with 400,000 new cases each day.

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24 Oct

2020 Back to School Virtual Conference!

Check out the video from our virtual back to school conference, where we discussed back to school concerns for BE kids and families, talk about Covid related issues, and provide tips for bathroom procedures.

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27 Mar

Persis Makes it Home Safely Amidst Pandemic

A-BE-C traveled to Ahmedabad, India for the 12th Annual Operative Workshop on BE. Here is an update on Persis who received closure surgery at the workshop.

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20 Feb

2019 Conference Videos Now Available!

Couldn't make it to the 2019 Conference? Sessions on coping with exstrophy now available!

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1 Apr

Poster Presentation: The Uganda Exstrophy-Epispadias Complex Initiative

Developing a Program for Transference of Complex Surgical Reconstructive Skills

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