Bistra Zheleva
About Bistra Zheleva
I have an MBA and a business background but since 2004 I have been working for Children's HeartLink, a small NGO based in Minneapolis, focused on building capacity in pediatric cardiac care in low and middle income countries. In my current role I manage our programs in India, Vietnam, Malaysia and Ukraine. I work with our local partners and with volunteer institutions to identify priority areas, organize and evaluate the capacity building work we would provide. I also lead our Parent Education project, as well as represent the organization on the International Quality Improvement Collaborative for Pediatric Cardiac Surgery in the Developing World.
Interested in:
Global health capacity building
Health systems strengthening
Quality improvement in health care
Monitoring & evaluation
Communications and networking in diverse cultural settings
Health policy and design
Role(s) / Profession(s)
- Assistant Director
Organization
- Children's HeartLink
Work Location(s)
- China
- India
- Malaysia
- Ukraine
- Viet Nam
Language(s)
- Bulgarian
- English
- Russian
Recent Contributions
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Bistra Zheleva replied to "The Lancet Global Health: a new open access journal" in the Global Health Nursing & Midwifery community.
We love the Lancet and this is a great idea. Any chance to waiving the fee of $4750 for submissions from countries that are not in HINARI or with a low HDI? Given that many who work in this field are not paid too well, this is pretty steep.
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Bistra Zheleva replied to "Family Involvement in the Hospital - From a Nursing Perspective" in the Global Health Nursing & Midwifery community.
Yes, absolutely will share them. The package includes booklets for literate families, booklets with illustrations and very little text for families with lower literacy, posters with the same images to be used in hospital wards, and an electronic nurse training module for nursing staff to get trained to use the ...
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Bistra Zheleva replied to "Family Involvement in the Hospital - From a Nursing Perspective" in the Global Health Nursing & Midwifery community.
This is a very interesting discussion and something that we have been working on for the last three years. At Children's HeartLink, we recently developed the Parent Education/Discharge Instructions. It is a packet of materials that pediatric cardiac programs can use to educate families and caregivers of children who have ...
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Bistra Zheleva replied to "Nurses and CHWs Working Together: An expert panel hosted this week June 25-29" in the Global Health Nursing & Midwifery community.
I had posted part of this at the beginning of the discussion but on Maggie's suggestion, thought I'd repost it again. I work for an NGO that focuses on building capacity in pediatric cardiac care. One of the issues we face is the huge number of children with undiagnosed heart ...
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Bistra Zheleva replied to "Nurses and CHWs Working Together: An expert panel hosted this week June 25-29" in the Global Health Nursing & Midwifery community.
I am not sure if this is open for discussion but I have couple of questions specifically related to CHW. 1) This is a very basic question, so forgive my ignorance on the topic - How does one become a CHW? They seem to be pretty important in many low-resource ...
Recent Recommendations
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Bistra Zheleva recommended "GHDonline Expert Panel February 6 – 10: Surgical Training in Resource-Limited Settings" in the community.
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Bistra Zheleva recommended "Nurses and CHWs Working Together: An expert panel hosted this week June 25-29" in the community.
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Bistra Zheleva recommended "Family Involvement in the Hospital - From a Nursing Perspective" in the community.