A baby will never know her mothers touch

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A baby will never know her mothers touch
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A baby will never know her mothers touch
How can you value this loss?
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A baby will never know her mothers touch
How can you value this loss?
What would you do to help prevent this?
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• The Issue
• Pre- and post-partum cardio-vascular issues claim
  over 500,000 womens lives annually
• Yet to date, there is not a single dedicated
  research program to uncover the causes and
  deliver the treatments

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• The Mission
• Eliminate unnecessary deaths of pregnant and
  post-partum mothers due to cardio-vascular
  complications

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• The Primary Goals
• To establish an endowment fund that
• Sustains scientific research into vascular
  health in pregnant and post-partum women
• Focuses on diagnosis, discovery, testing and
  treatment
• To allocate gt95 of all monies raised directly to
  research
• To support delivery of research results into
  medical communities that treat pregnant and
  post-partum mothers
• To collaborate, support and build alliances with
  other institutions which have similar objectives
  to Sabrinas Foundation

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• What We Hope to Achieve
• Broader and better understanding of vascular
  risks during pregnancy and post-partum
• Sufficiently funded scientific research into
  diagnostics and treatments, and results be
  delivered into the medical community
• Pregnant women can then be thoroughly be tested
  for risks of vascular issues, and if at risk, be
  adequately treated to prevent complications and
  death
• Eliminate risk of mothers dying unnecessarily
  from cardio-vascular complications

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• The Foundation
• Established in 2006, soon after the passing of
  Sabrina Dwan
• Received US Charitable Foundation tax status in
  February 2007
• Governed and run by a volunteer Board of
  Directors and Officers

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• The Time Lines
• The Endowment Fund
• To raise US15 million for a self sustaining
  research foundation
• To raise US2 million in 2007, US5 million in
  2008 and US8 million in 2009, with continuing
  fundraising thereafter
• The Alliances and Education Efforts
• To develop a plan for disseminating the research
  results into the global medical community
• We hope to see that research output begin within
  5 years

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• The Cleveland Clinic
• A Passionate Partner
• Regarded as one of the worlds best and most
  respected medical centers
• Proven expertise in medical research, voted 1
  Heart Centre for 12 consecutive years according
  to US News World Report
• Distinctly qualified due to its ability to
  integrate specialist research clinician teams

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• The Cleveland Clinic
• A Passionate Partner
• Regarded as one of the worlds best and most
  respected medical centers
• Proven expertise in medical research, voted 1
  Heart Centre for 12 consecutive years according
  to US News World Report
• Distinctly qualified due to its ability to
  integrate specialist research clinician teams
• The Research Program
• With our first US5 million, the program will
  start funding research
• Collaborative teams will expand on existing
  cardiovascular intervention and genetic research
  to focus on maternal mortality issues
• Intended to continue in perpetuity

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• The Fund Raising Team
• Momentum Building . . .
• We have begun a series of meetings globally to
  promote awareness and understanding of the
  Foundation
• Fund raising efforts are occurring worldwide, we
  are targeting key influencers in the corporate
  and philanthropic world
• Fundraising targeted at individual donors will
  also be integral to our efforts

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• Your Contribution Can Make a Difference
• Every financial donation, no matter how small, is
  important
• Your support will help us build awareness of this
  condition
• In return the Sabrina Foundation will
• Provide you with progress reports on the research
  program
• Update you regularly on our fund raising progress

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Sabrina Dwan was a 33-year old wife and mother
who succumbed to post-partum cardio-vascular
complications in 2006 Kiera Dwan is one of the
500,000 babies born annually who will never know
their mothers touch again