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Closing Ceremony: Call to Action on Ending RHD

Saturday, 4 November
Start time: 2:30 pm End time: 3:30 pm
Yas Grand 1,2,3
Chair(s)

Jagat Narula
World Heart Federation

Liesl Zühlke
University of Cape Town

Presentations

Vaccines track action points
Jonathan Carapetis (Telethon Kids Institute)
Liesl Zühlke (University of Cape Town)

Pathogenesis track action points
Mark Engel (South African Medical Research Council)

Clinical presentation and contemporary management track action points
Sulafa Ali (University of Khartoum)
Joe Kado (Telethon Kids Institute)

Tertiary care and surgery track action points
Emmy Okello (Uganda Heart Institute)
Maria Do Carmo Nunes (Federal University of Minas Gerais)

Translating the call to local action: reflections on Pakistan
Shahryar Sheikh (World Heart Federation)

Reflections and WHF call to action
Jagat Narula (World Heart Federation)

Official close
Jean-Luc Eiselé (World Heart Federation)