International Inbound Update: Nagalem

Written by HTCNE Board Member and Trip Administrator Casey Saussy

Through our International Inbound Program, HTCNE continues to support nine-year-old Nagalem, from southwestern Ethiopia, who had a large venous malformation on her neck and jaw. HTCNE brought her to the US in 2021 for treatment and continues to support her health and dental care needs. Unfortunately now the malformation is coming back.  She requires steroid injections to slow and potentially stop the regrowth. She can not get these injections in Ethiopia and our team is working with specialists that might be able to treat her again in the US.  In the meantime, we are monitoring her situation and will provide financial support for her medical expenses as needed.

Nagalem and her mother at a dental clinic in Addis Ababa

The venous malformation has returned.