{"id":13328,"date":"2022-10-26T17:52:27","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T15:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/?post_type=news&p=13328"},"modified":"2022-10-26T17:52:10","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T15:52:10","slug":"2022-emerging-leaders-cohort-cvd-and-infectious-diseases","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/news\/2022-emerging-leaders-cohort-cvd-and-infectious-diseases\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 Emerging Leaders cohort: CVD and Infectious diseases"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 20<\/span><\/span>22<\/span><\/span> Emerging Leaders Seminar took place in <\/span><\/span>Buenos Aires, Argentina<\/span><\/span> and brought together a team of Emerging Leaders from 1<\/span><\/span>7<\/span><\/span> countries across five continents.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Between 1<\/span>7<\/span> and <\/span>21<\/span> October 20<\/span>22<\/span>, 2<\/a><\/strong><\/span>4 participants from 17<\/a><\/strong> countries<\/strong><\/a> attended the <\/span>eighth<\/span> WHF Salim Yusuf Emerging Leaders<\/a><\/strong> Seminar <\/span>in Buenos Aires, Argentina<\/span>. <\/span>The Emerging Leaders have joined <\/span>a 175-people expert community <\/span>in cardiovascular health and explored the topic of <\/span>CVD and infectious diseases<\/span><\/b> (COVID-19, influenza and Chagas disease).<\/span> F<\/span>ocusing on a different priority area each year, the objective of the training module is to reduce the global burden of\u00a0cardiovascular disease in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goal 3.4<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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During the week, the new Emerging Leaders cohort received a tailored training programme and had to produce a seed-funded group project. The seminar was attended by WHF President <\/span>Prof <\/span>Fausto Pinto<\/span>, <\/span>WHF President-Elect<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Prof <\/span>Daniel Pi\u00f1eiro, <\/span>WHF <\/span>Vice-<\/span>President<\/span> Elect <\/span>Adj Prof John G Kelly, and WHF Past President Prof Salim Yusuf.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The seminar culminated in <\/span><\/span>the <\/span><\/span>symposium \u201c<\/span><\/span>IN THE HEART<\/span><\/span> OF THE PANDEMIC<\/span><\/span>\u201d at the\u202f<\/span><\/span>National Academy of Medicine<\/span><\/span> in Buenos Aires<\/span><\/span>. Distinguished and keynote speakers at the symposium included: <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n