Child Health International

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Child Health International (CHI) is a Winchester (UK)-based charity, with a proven record of success in improving the healthcare of children in Russia, Eastern Europe and a new project to help children with cystic fibrosis in India.[1] It was founded as the International Integrated Health Association in 1992 by Dorothea Ridgway and Roy Ridgway, the parents of a child with cystic fibrosis.[2]

Odessa University awarded Roy Ridgway a posthumous honorary doctorate for the charity's work helping Ukrainian children with cystic fibrosis and heart problems.[3]

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  1. ^ Winchester City Council - Child Health International exhibition, 5 - 21 August 2005.
  2. ^ Churchward, Sally. "Woman with a mission", Southampton: Daily Echo, Monday 3rd May 2004. (2008-01-20) "The charity, which started life as the International Integrated Health Association in 1992 before changing to its current name, has helped countless numbers of children with congenital diseases such as cystic fibrosis in countries without the necessary health infrastructure, particularly Russia and other former Soviet Union countries." 
  3. ^ "Why charity may extend to Caribbean", This Is Hampshire, Saturday 12th Oct 2002. Retrieved on 2008-01-20. 
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