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The 3rd All Africa Workshop on Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease
The Pan-African Society of Cardiology (PASCAR) and the African Union Commission (AU) hosted a two-day workshop on 21 and 22 February 2015 at the Desalegn Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The purpose of the workshop was to assemble experts from across Africa and the world to chart the path for ‘A Roadmap towards the Eradication of Rheumatic Heart Disease in Africa’
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RHD Advocacy Uganda
Pan-African Society of Cardiology (PASCAR), World Heart Federation (WHF) and African Heart Network (AHN): Mini-Grants for RHD Advocacy supported by BUPA
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PASCAR – Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention (SCAI)
Fall Fellows Course - Dec 07 - 10 2014, at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Feedback from Dr Jairajsing Luchoo
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RHD Advocacy Sudan
Rheumatic Heart Disease Control Program and Ear Nose and Throat Society, Primary Prevention of Rheumatic Heart Disease: Sore Throat Workshop, Sunday January 25 /2015 at 11:00 – 13:30 @ Corinthia Hotel, Khartoum during the Sudan Heart Society Annual Conference.
Sponsored by PASCAR
Reported by: Sulafa KM Ali
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Mini-Grants for RHD Advocacy
Pan-African Society of Cardiology (PASCAR), World Heart Federation (WHF) and African Heart Network (AHN): Mini-Grants for RHD Advocacy FINAL REPORT from Instituto Nacional de Saúde, Moçambique/National Public Health Institute, Mozambique. Non-Communicable Diseases Division, with the presence of the Scientific Director, the Head of the Department of Research and the Coordinators of Masters Degrees Programs at the National Public Health Institute.
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SAHJ autumn 2014 journal newsletter PASCAR
PASCAR is an organisation (established in 1981) of physicians from across Africa involved in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease. PASCAR’s Governing Council consists of a core group of committed individuals with extraordinary knowledge of the African cardiovascular environment and the passion to make a difference.
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PASCAR brings together Medical Experts from across Africa Convene to Forge a Path to Eliminate Rheumatic Heart Disease
An historic assembly took place in Zambezi Sun, Livingstone Zambia bringing together Africa’s leading experts in rheumatic heart disease (RHD) to design a roadmap for the control and elimination of the disease in Africa.
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Pan African Pulmonary hypertension Cohort (PAPUCO)
The Pan African Pulmonary hypertension Cohort (PAPUCO) platform was launched in May 2011, at the PASCAR meeting held in Kampala, Uganda.
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Pascar lecture at World Congress, Melbourne Australia
PASCAR presented a lecture at the World Congress of Cardiology, held in Melbourne, Australia, earlier this year. The lecture was well attended, and chaired by Professor Bongani Mayosi and Professor George Mensah.
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A.S.A.P. Programme
The Awareness, Surveillance, Advocacy and Prevention (A.S.A.P.) programme arose following the Drakensberg Declaration by delegates of the 1st All Africa Workshop on Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease gathered at the Champagne Sports Resort in the Drakensberg, South Africa on 15 - 16 October 2005.
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