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    <description><![CDATA[Reconstructive surgery attempts to restore the form and functions of parts of the body. It ranges from very simple techniques such as primary closure and dressings to more complex skin grafts, tissue expansion and flaps. Reconstructive surgery also restores the patientsï¿½s self-esteem and appearance. <br />
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Humanitarian programs often rebuild houses ï¿½ what about rebuilding lives ?<br />
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Following in August 1998 the  terrorist attacks on the US embassies in Nairobi and Dar Es Salaam, the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit sent specialized teams of surgeons to help local surgeons deal with the traumas. Since 1999 and thanks to the fund from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Dr Pierre Quinodoz has been organizing courses in reconstructive surgery for African surgeons in East African and the Great Lakes region.<br />
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In 2010, he had the idea of creating the Swiss Association 2nd Chance, Reconstructive surgery for Life reconstructive of which he is the President. Members of the Committee have long experience in humanitarian project:<br />
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Dr Marc Pechï¿½re, Vice-President, Dermatologist <br />
Prof. Franï¿½ois Chappuis, Treasurer, Specialist in Tropical Medicine and Humanitarian Medicine in Geneva also member of Doctors without Border.<br />
Prof. Antoine Geissbulher, Chief Physician Cyber health and telemedicine. Director of RAFT (International Network for Telemedicine)<br />
 Dr Benjamin Gold, surgeon and involved in many humanitarian projects i<br />
Dr Emmanuel Schaub, Anesthesiologist<br />
Mme Caroline Miller, Executive Director of Head to Head, Executive Search and Public Relations.<br />
Mme Anne Zeidan, Senior Head of Project.<br />
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2nd Chance Reconstructive Surgery for Life Reconstruction<br />
<a href="http://2nd-chance.org/?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://2nd-chance.org/?lang=en</a><br />
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Photo documentary by Franck Baumann - Atelier-Mausklick.ch <<a href="http://Atelier-Mausklick.ch" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://Atelier-Mausklick.ch</a>>]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 12:00:31 GMT</pubDate>
    
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      <description><![CDATA[When Charles woke up, the cleft in his lip was gone. For the first time in his life he could eat with ease.<br />
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      <title>Charles , Dr Pierre Quinodoz, Dr Alberto Musolas post surgery</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[At a clinic, Charles and his Mom learned for the first time that Charles could benefit from sur- gery. They did not quite believe the opportunity being offered by the doctors who came to Bukavu to train surgeons in plastic and reconstructive surgery. The trip to Bukavu along pot- holed roads took several hours. Arriving at the clinic in Bukavu was bewildering, but Charles soon felt better when he realized he was not the only one looking for care.<br />
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