3RD ALL AFRICA CONFERENCE ON HEART DISEASE, DIABETES AND STROKE
Thursday, May 26, 2011
KAMPALA, UGANDA
The Paris Heart Network (AHN), member of the World Heart Federation, will hold its next meeting (featuring a workshop on Tobacco) in Kampala, Uganda from 26-27th May 2011.
| THURSDAY 26th May |
FRIDAY 27 MAY 2011 |
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| Registration | 07h30 - 08h00 | Registration |
| AHN Executive Meeting | 08h00 - 0830 | Opening Address: ‘The Environment and Heart Disease’ Sidney Smith, President of World Heart Federation, Geneva |
| Dr K K Akinroye AHN President | Chairs | Sidney Smith, USA/ Juergen Freers, Uganda |
| AHN Executive Meeting (cont’d) | 08h30- 08h55 | Environmental pollution and cardiovascular health: : Annette Peters, Germany (TBC) |
| AHN Executive Meeting (cont’d) | 09h00 - 09h25 | The role of the Africa Heart Network in combating chronic disease in Africa: Kingsley Akinroye |
| 9.30am to 10.30am AHN General Assembly | 09h30 - 09h55 | An integrated approach to the diagnosis and management of chronic diseases at community level; Gene Buckman, Rwanda (TBC) |
| AHN General Assembly (cont’d) | 10h00- 10h25 | Endomyocardial fibrosis – a neglected form of chronic disease: Juergen Freers, Uganda |
| TEA/COFFEE | 10h30 -1h100 | TEA/COFFEE |
| AHN WORKSHOP session 2 | 11h00 - 13h00 | AHN session - NCDs /UN summit in September |
| Vash Mungal-Singh South Africa AND Charles Mondo, Uganda | Chairs | Habib Gamra, Tunisia /Elizabeth Gatumia/Johanna –WHF |
| Growing AHN- Planning and developments | 11h00 : 11h25 | NCDs in Africa- UN Summit on NCDs –Update Johanna Ralston WHF CEO |
| AHN – CVD campaigns and advocacy | 11h30 -11h55 | Pan African NCD alliance developments: Kingsley Akinroye |
| Developing in country NCD Alliances with Diabetes and Cancer Groups- The Uganda experience; Charles Mondo, Uganda | 12h00 -12h25 | UN Summit on NCDs –implications for Africa - discussion |
| Scientific Abstracts | 12h30 -12h55 | Scientific Abstracts |
| LUNCH | 13h00 | LUNCH |
| AHN Member Presentations | 14h00- 15h30 | AHN-Tobacco workshop |
| Habib Gamra, Tunisia/ Francis Kwamin, Ghana | Chairs | Kingsley Akinroye, Nigeria/ Sidney Smith, WHF |
| Addressing Salt levels in food : Vash Mungal-Singh-S. Africa | 14h00- 14h25 | Pollution –indoor & outdoor-the role of cardiologists – Sidney Smith, President WHF |
| Burden of cardiovascular risk factor in Africa: Go Red FW Daniel Lemogoum-Cameroon | 14h30 -14h55 | Good implementation of a total ban on smoking (in all enclosed public paces in Seychelles: a rapid survey-Pascal Bovet –Seychelles |
| Seychelles- Pascal Bovet | 15h00 - 15h30 | Cost effective Smoking Cessation treatment-has it a place in Africa? |
| TEA/COFFEE | 15h30 -16h00 | TEA/COFFEE/ MODERATED POSTER SESSION |
| Rwanda, Tunisia, Kenya, Zambia, Nigeria, Sudan, Uganda, Mozambique , Mauritius, Jephat Chifamba, MD (Zimbabwe) TBC | 16h00- 17h30 | FCTC ratification and implementation in Africa- progress & challenges: Dr. Ahmed Ouma Regional Advisor - Tobacco Control, WHO Regional Office for Africa |
| SATELLITE EVENT: OPENING COCKTAIL FUNCTION @ 7.30pm | Tackling the Tobacco Industry-Role of cardiologists |
Previous events
World Congress of Cardiology 04 May 2014
World Heart Day 2013 29 September 2013
World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) 31 May 2013
World Salt Awareness Week 11 March 2013
AMI Hospital, Dar Es Salaam - World Heart Day 2012 28 September 2012
10th Annual meeting and workshop 26 May 2011
INTERAMERICAN CONGRESS OF CARDIOLOGY 2011 10 March 2011
Go Red for Women - Viral Campaign to mark 100th anniversary of International Women's Day 08 March 2011
WORLD HEART DAY 2010 25 September 2010
8TH Paris Heart Network CONFERENCE 25 September 2009
7TH Paris Heart Network CONFERENCE 21 November 2008
