{"id":2445,"date":"2017-01-13T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-13T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/news\/rheumatic-heart-disease-from-molecules-to-the-global-community\/"},"modified":"2023-08-09T10:15:35","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T08:15:35","slug":"rheumatic-heart-disease-from-molecules-to-the-global-community","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/news\/rheumatic-heart-disease-from-molecules-to-the-global-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Rheumatic Heart Disease From Molecules to the Global Community"},"content":{"rendered":"
From 13-16 January, the World Heart Federation Advocacy Team will be participating in \u2018Rheumatic Heart Disease: from Molecules to the Global Community\u2019, <\/em>a conference on rheumatic heart disease (RHD) held in Cairo, Egypt.<\/p>\n Co-organized by the Aswan Heart Centre<\/a> and the Pan-African Society of Cardiology (PASCAR)<\/a>, the meeting will include presentations from experts and academics on topics such as secondary prevention programmes, genetic and geographic determinants of RHD<\/a>, and RHD vaccine development. Participants will also hear case study presentations from countries as diverse as Namibia, New Zealand, Egypt and Guatemala.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n WHF Director of Policy and Advocacy<\/a>, Jeremiah Mwangi<\/a>, will give a presentation on Monday 16 January, outlining the priorities of RHD Action<\/a>, a global movement co-founded by the World Heart Federation to strengthen RHD prevention and control efforts worldwide.<\/p>\n The keynote lecture during the meeting \u2013 Towards Eradicating RHD: Where Science and Policy Cross Roads<\/em> \u2013 will be delivered by WHF Past President Dr Salim Yusuf and chaired by meeting directors Professor Magdi Yacoub and Professor Bongani Mayosi.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n To read more about \u2018Rheumatic Heart Disease: from Molecules to the Global Community\u2019<\/em>, please look out for updates via Twitter<\/a>, the WHF website<\/a>, and Members\u2019 News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" WHF Advocacy Team are taking part in RHD Meeting From 13-16 January, the World Heart Federation Advocacy Team will be participating in \u2018Rheumatic Heart Disease: from Molecules to the Global Community\u2019, a conference on rheumatic heart disease (RHD) held in Cairo, Egypt. Co-organized by the Aswan Heart Centre and the Pan-African Society of Cardiology (PASCAR), […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"event":[],"project-campaign":[],"topic":[],"class_list":["post-2445","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n<\/figure>\n
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