La Chaîne de l'Espoir

La Chaîne de l'Espoir is an international humanitarian aid association. It states that since 1994 it has strengthened health systems to give everyone the same chances of recovery, and that in France it supports hundreds of hospitalized children, often isolated from their families. Its figures include 25 countries of intervention, 628 volunteers, 10,447 patients operated on and 48 medical missions. It was created under the aegis of Médecins du Monde in 1988 and became an independent association in 1994, presided over by Professor Alain Deloche; in December 2010 Dr Éric Cheysson succeeded him as president.

La Chaîne de l'Espoir was born from an encounter with Jacqueline Rougé, a biologist and active campaigner against childhood misfortune. The questions she raised — a large bill to pay following the operation of a Malian child and an emergency operation to organize for a young Senegalese boy — launched the chain. Created under the aegis of Médecins du Monde in 1988, it became an independent association in 1994, presided over by Professor Alain Deloche, a cardiac surgeon and co-founder of Médecins sans Frontières and Médecins du Monde. In December 2010, Dr Éric Cheysson succeeded Professor Alain Deloche as president. Gervais, a 10-year-old Senegalese boy suffering from a serious cardiac pathology, was the first child to benefit from a transfer to France for a life-saving operation.

International humanitarian aid association working for children's access to care.

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