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CARDIOVASCULAR JOURNAL OF AFRICA • Volume 26, No 2, March/April 2015 AFRICA 85
Anastase Dzudie,
Douala General Hospital and Buea Faculty of Health Sciences, Douala,
Cameroon
Dike Ojji,
Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Abuja /
Cardiology Unit, Department of Medicince, University of Abuja Teaching
Hospital, Gwagwalada,Abuja, Nigeria
Benedict Chukwuemeka Anisiuba,
Department of Medicine, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu,
Nigeria
BA Serigne Abdou,
Le Dantec University Teaching Hospital, Dakar, Senegal
Ruth Cornick,
Knowledge Translation Unit, University of Cape Town Lung Institute and
Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Albertino Damasceno,
Faculty of Medicine, Eduardo Mondlane University,Maputo,Mozambique
Abdoul Kane,
Faculty of Medicine, University of Dakar, Senegal
Ana Olga Mocumbi,
Instituto Nacional de Saude (National Health Institute,Mozambique) and
University Eduardo Mondlane,Maputo,Mozambique
Awad Mohamed,
Division of Cardiology, University of Khartoum, Sudan
George Nel,
Executive officer, PASCAR
Elijah Ogola,
Department of Clinical Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Nairobi, Kenya
Basden Onwubere,
Department of Medicine, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu,
Nigeria
Harun Otieno,
Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine,Aga Khan University Hospital,
Nairobi, Kenya
Brian Rainer,
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Groote
Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Aletta Schutte,
Hypertension in Africa Research Team (HART); MRC Unit for Hypertension and
Cardiovascular Disease, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
Ibrahim Toure Ali,
Cardiovascular Department, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University Abdou
Moumouni, Niamey, Niger
Marc Twagirumukiza,
College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Rwanda, Kigali,
Rwanda and African Society of Hypertension (AfSoH) Initiative
Neil Poulter,
International Centre for Circulatory Health, Imperial College, London, UK
[Prof Poulter is supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)
Biomedical Research Centre based at the Imperial College Healthcare, NHS
Trust and Imperial College London.The views expressed are those of the
author and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR or the Department of
Health]
Bongani Mayosi,
Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town,
Cape Town, South Africa
on behalf of the PASCAR Hypertension Task Force members.
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