David Everatt, Caryn Abrahams. Ahmed Kathrada: exhibit A of the values imbued in South Africa’s Freedom Charter. Article in The Conversation, March 2017

The program involves receiving advanced training in the cardiology department for the period of 4 weeks. The training took place at the cardiac catheterization laboratory, where they will schedule a number of complex PCI procedures including CTOS, Rotablation procedures, Intravascular Ultrasound, left main PCI, etc.

Regina Mafwila (Windhoek Central Hospital) & Maria Moyo (Roman Catholic Hospital) from Namibia attended the programme

The heart of Africa: succeeding against the odds

South Africa and other areas of sub-Saharan Africa have in the past 20 years undergone rapid demo-graphical changes, largely due to urbanization and changes in lifestyle. This rapid change has led to a marked increase in specific cardiac conditions, such as hypertensive heart disease and coronary artery disease (with the highest prevalence in the middle-aged population), in conjunction with a range of other heart diseases, which are historically common in Africa—eg, rheumatic heart disease, cardiomyopathies, and unoperated congenital heart disease.

PASCAR & Tanzania Cardiac Conference, Dar Es Salaam 20-22 April 2016