The Bambino Gesù Paediatric Hospital's international humanitarian programme

The Bambino Gesù Hospital (Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, OPBG) is engaged in humanitarian activities conceived to provide healthcare as well as medical and nursing training to developing countries. The humanitarian programme involves many activities: health care and consulting activity in developing countries; referral to the OPBG of patients in need of highly complex surgical interventions; training at the OPBG and in the field for medical, nursing and technical staff; the provision of medical and laboratory equipment; as well as contributions to the development of healthcare facilities. The programme currently involves 16 countries in four continents, providing care for over 900 patients and training physicians, nurses and technicians. The OPBG intends to pursue this humanitarian cooperation programme with great intensity, with the intention of providing direct care and primarily of promoting sustainable development in the countries involved.