Rheumatic Heart Disease: Challenges and opportunities

 

Date: 21 June for RHD course; 20-22 June for full GFHM Time: 09:00-18:00
Location: Geneva University Hospital (just minutes from the WHF office
Course description: http://www.gfhm11.ch/abstracts.html 
Conference description : http://www.gfhm11.ch/index.html 
Course fee: CHF 100 (waived for participants from developing or middle-income countries)

Please come, and encourage colleagues who would be interested to sign up for the 7th GFHM and the RHD post-grad course.

The GFHM traditionally draws networks that support pediatric cardiac surgery services in developing countries, including some WHF member organizations and other individuals and groups that are involved with the ASAP RHD network in Africa. There is always a great deal of interest in RHD there: it is one of the few places where I have been where I did not have to explain what RHD was or what its impact is.

The RHD course will provide a unique chance for dialogue between specialists in prevention and control, and specialists in treatment. At least one question we hope to explore is how treatment can be organized to reinforce prevention and control. The 7th GFHM conference has invited experts in RHD who have been involved in projects and networks linked to WHF: Dr. Andrew Steer (Australia, Fiji), Dr. Liesl Zühlke (South Africa), Dr. Nigel Wilson (New Zealand), Dr. Anita Saxena (India), Dr. Joseph Mucumbitsi (Rwanda)

Best regards,
Alice 

Alice Grainger Gasser | Project Manager | World Heart Federation | 7, rue des Battoirs | P. O. Box 155 | 1211 Geneva 4 | Switzerland | Phone +41 22 807 03 33 | Fax +41 22 807 03 39 | E-mail alice.graingergasser@worldheart.org | Web www.worldheart.org The World Heart Federation is committed to helping people achieve a longer and better life through prevention and control of heart disease and stroke, with a focus on low- and middle-income countries.