1st TANZANIA CARDIAC SOCIETY (TCS) CONGRESS IN COLLABORATION WITH PAN-AFRICAN SOCIETY OF CARDIOLOGY

African Allied’s as faculty and developing of an Africa Allied’s Society in joint venture with Boston Scientific.

A Namibian Broadcasting Corporation interview with Dr Chris Hugo-Hamman and the Minister of Health on Rheumatic Heart Disease

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 7 March 2016 – The African Union Commission in collaboration with the Pan-African Society of Cardiology (PASCAR), WHO and other key partners concluded a three day meeting aimed at developing a roadmap for the eradication of Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) in Africa.  According to WHO, RHD is the most common cause of acquired heart disease among children in developing countries, and it affects school-aged children in Africa.

Press Release Nº057/2016

Travelling has always been my stress reliever, however, doing it alone makes me feel anxious and yet independent.

As I started my journey from Gaborone, Botswana to Bangkok, Thailand, I can’t stop from being emotional since it will be my first time to be away from my family considering it will be for a whole month.

Prof Bongani Mayosi and Dr Ashley Chin represented PASCAR during this year’s SA Heart Congress on 26 October 2015.

Pacemakers are an effective treatment for chronic complete heart block, both in relieving symptoms and in prolonging life, and should be available to all who need them. The pacemaker implantation rate in sub-Saharan Africa remains dismally low (<10 pacemakers per million population) compared to that of the United States and other developed countries (>

400 per million population). Similarly, there is a virtual absence of centres that can implant cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) in the sub-Sahara outside of South Africa.

The joint Pan African Society of Cardiology (PASCAR) Congress and the Cardiovascular Society of Mauritius CVS(M) was held at the InterContinental Resort Balaclava Fort from 03 – 07 October 2015. The final program and presentations can be downloaded on this site.

On the 01 August I departed to Thailand with the sponsorship of Boston scientific & PASCAR. Overall the trip was without any troubles and I arrived safely in Thailand on the 02 August.

Joint PASCAR and World Heart Federation Hypertension Working Meeting

30 August 2015

ExCel Centre London