Thailand Training, September 2015
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.
Read morePASCAR representation at the SA Heart Congress 2015
Prof Bongani Mayosi and Dr Ashley Chin represented PASCAR during this year’s SA Heart Congress on 26 October 2015.
Read moreREPORT OF THE PASCAR TASK FORCE ON PACEMAKER AND ICD RE-USE: 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.
Read moreJoint Pan African Society of Cardiology (PASCAR) Congress and the Cardiovascular Society of Mauritius CVS(M) 2015: Presentations
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.
Read moreThailand Training, Aug 2015
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.
Read moreJoint PASCAR and World Heart Federation Hypertension Working Meeting
Joint PASCAR and World Heart Federation Hypertension Working Meeting
30 August 2015
ExCel Centre London
Read moreAdapting the World Heart Federation Roadmaps at the National Level
The World Heart Federation (WHF) Roadmaps published in this issue of Global Heart examine key barriers at the policy and health-systems levels and propose potential solutions for overcoming them.
Read moreA World Heart Federation Roadmap
Reducing Cardiovascular Mortality Through Prevention and Management of Raised Blood Pressure
Read moreRHD Advocacy Namibia
INAUGURAL MEETING OF THE NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF RHEUMATIC FEVER AND RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE
In Windhoek, Namibia, Thursday 23 April marked a historic milestone for the pan - African campaign to arrest the march of Rheumatic Fever (RF) and Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) through our continent.
ADDIS ABABA COMMUNIQUÉ ON ERADICATION OF RHUEMATIC HEART DISEASE IN AFRICA
We have reached a MAJOR milestone in the Eradication of RHD in Africa and the world.
Please read the official communication from the African Union.
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