{"id":2790,"date":"2018-08-31T07:38:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-31T06:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/news\/second-meeting-of-the-whf-rhd-taskforce-at-the-european-society-of-cardiology-congress-in-munich\/"},"modified":"2021-04-30T19:16:32","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T18:16:32","slug":"second-meeting-of-the-whf-rhd-taskforce-at-the-european-society-of-cardiology-congress-in-munich","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/news\/second-meeting-of-the-whf-rhd-taskforce-at-the-european-society-of-cardiology-congress-in-munich\/","title":{"rendered":"Second meeting of the WHF RHD Taskforce at the European Society of Cardiology Congress in Munich"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"post-6460 media-6460\" class=\"align-none break-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.world-heart-federation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/RHD-taskforce-photo-1024x613.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Following the unanimous adoption of the WHO Resolution on Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) in May 2018, and in response to member feedback on priority activities, a WHF RHD Taskforce was established in June of this year to take targeted actions to contribute to the implementation of the Resolution.<\/p>\n<p>The second meeting of the taskforce working group took place on Sunday 26 August in Munich alongside the European of Society Cardiology (ESC) Congress.\u00a0 Chaired by the WHF President-Elect Prof Karen Sliwa, this meeting focused on further advancing work on focus areas identified as key to implementing the resolution: policy and advocacy, prevention control and medical management, and access to cardiac surgery.<\/p>\n<p>The Taskforce will continue to meet regularly to work on translating the Resolution in to action on RHD, with another meeting preliminarily scheduled for October 2018.<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in learning more about the Taskforce, or if you are interested in attending please email: <a href=\"mailto:kate.ralston@worldheart.org\">kate.ralston@worldheart.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the unanimous adoption of the WHO Resolution on Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) in May 2018, and in response to member feedback on priority activities, a WHF RHD Taskforce was established in June of this year to take targeted actions to contribute to the implementation of the Resolution. 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