Libyan Hearts: United Nations Support Mission in Libya

As a specialized agency of the United Nations concerned with international public health, the World Health Organization (WHO) supports the mission to treat congenital heart disease in Libya. Yet since most of the international medical staff working in Libyan hosptials have left the country since 2011, nongovernmental organizations working with Libyan heart surgeons, nurses, perfusionists, and other medical professionals have the opportunity to share skills required to operate independently in the future.

This multimedia article features Dr William Novick of the Novick Cardiac Alliance: https://cardiac-alliance.org.