{"id":13370,"date":"2022-10-31T13:25:22","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T12:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=13370"},"modified":"2023-08-09T14:35:13","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T12:35:13","slug":"colours-to-save-heart-engages-community-leaders-in-maputo-mozambique","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/news\/colours-to-save-heart-engages-community-leaders-in-maputo-mozambique\/","title":{"rendered":"Colours to Save Heart engages community leaders in Maputo, Mozambique"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Throughout the month of October, our partners in Mozambique organized a series of community outreach activities in the KaMavota neighbourhood of Maputo as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/colours-to-save-hearts\/\">Colours to Save Hearts<\/a> project. The goal of these activities was to raise awareness of <a href=\"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/what-we-do\/rheumatic-heart-disease\/\">rheumatic heart disease (RHD)<\/a> among community leaders and support educational activities in the local school. Activities also focused on the <a href=\"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/cvd-roadmaps\/whf-global-roadmaps\/rheumatic-heart-disease\/\">prevention and treatment<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/global-advocacy\/rheumatic-heart-disease\/\">RHD in the community<\/a>, including in homes, markets, playgrounds and public bus stations. In total, 350 community leaders participated in the activities and gave their support for the project.<\/p>\n<p>Mozambique has one of the highest rates of rheumatic heart disease among school-aged children in sub-Saharan Africa. The <a href=\"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/colours-to-save-hearts\/\">Colours to Save Hearts<\/a> programme aims to raise awareness of rheumatic heart disease among children, teachers and parents, and educate them about the link between sore throat and rheumatic heart disease, how to recognise symptoms and what to do when they first appear.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13375 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG-20221025-WA0055.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"920\" height=\"922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG-20221025-WA0055.jpg 920w, https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG-20221025-WA0055-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG-20221025-WA0055-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG-20221025-WA0055-768x770.jpg 768w, https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG-20221025-WA0055-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG-20221025-WA0055-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13374\" src=\"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG-20221025-WA0044-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG-20221025-WA0044-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG-20221025-WA0044-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG-20221025-WA0044-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG-20221025-WA0044-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG-20221025-WA0044-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG-20221025-WA0044.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> \u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13371\" src=\"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG-20221025-WA0039-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG-20221025-WA0039-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG-20221025-WA0039-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG-20221025-WA0039-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG-20221025-WA0039-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG-20221025-WA0039-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG-20221025-WA0039.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13373 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG-20221025-WA0043-1024x461.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG-20221025-WA0043-1024x461.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG-20221025-WA0043-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG-20221025-WA0043-768x346.jpg 768w, https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG-20221025-WA0043.jpg 1040w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Throughout the month of October, our partners in Mozambique organized a series of community outreach activities in the KaMavota neighbourhood of Maputo as part of the Colours to Save Hearts project. 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