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Cardiovascular Journal of Africa • Volume 31, No 4 August 2020 S41 AFRICA
Actions to be taken are:
• community sensitisation on a healthy diet and PA
• early detection and appropriate management of CVD
• preventive treatment for stroke and myocardial infarction
(aspirin, statins)
• preventive treatment for rheumatic fever (penicillin).17
This publication was reviewed by the PASCAR governing council and
approved by the president of the Tanzania Cardiac Society.
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