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CARDIOVASCULAR JOURNAL OF AFRICA • Volume 32, No 1, Janua

ry/February 2021

AFRICA

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Cardiovascular Disease Governance

A national strategy or plan that addresses:

Stakeholder action

www.worldheart.org www.pascar.org

CVDs and their specific risk factors

NCD and their risk factors

Rheumatic heart disease prevention

and control as a priority

A national surveillance system that

includes CVDs and their risk factors

Non-governmental

organizations’ advocacy

for CVD policies and

programmes

Civil society involved in

developing and

implementing of

national CVD prevention

and control plan

Health System

Capacity

Clinical Practice and Guidelines

ETHIOPIA

Number of hospital beds

(per 10,000 population)

3

ETHIOPIA

Locally-relevant (national or subnational level):

Clinical tool to assess CVD risk

Guidelines for treatment of tobacco dependence

The detection and management of atrial fibrillation

The detection and management of acute rheumatic fever

The detection and management of rheumatic heart disease

The detection and management of diabetes

CVD prevention (within the last 5 years)

A system to measure the quality of care provided to people

who have suffered acute cardiac events

Source References:

Global Health Data Exchange; WHO Global Health Observatory data repository; WHO NCD Document repository; Country specific publications.

For more information, please email

info@worldheart.org

info@pascar.org

cardiacprofessionalse@gmail.com

Number of nurses

(per 10,000 population)

7.14

+

Number of physicians

(per 10,000 population)

0.8

Clinical Guidelines for:

No data

KEY:

In process/ partially

implemented

Not in place

In place