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CARDIOVASCULAR JOURNAL OF AFRICA • Vol 26, No 5, October/November 2015
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AFRICA
SUNDAY 4 OCTOBER 2015
07h00–08h30 REGISTRATION
07h00–08:00
RHD-SPONSORED BREAKFAST SYMPOSIUM
Official launch of Rheumatic Heart Disease Action Africa
L Zühlke, South Africa
Venue: Hibiscus ballroom
Session I:
Chairs:
S Gunness, Mauritius; B Mayosi, South Africa
Venue: Hibiscus ballroom
08h30–10h30
Session I : Pan-African Society of Cardiology/Africa Heart Network/World Heart Federation session on reducing
CVD by 25% by 2025
08h30–09h00 Reducing premature cardiovascular mortality by 2025: the World Heart Federation roadmaps:
S Yusuf, Canada
09h00–09h30 Reducing cardiovascular mortality through prevention and management of raised blood pressure: a World
Heart Federation roadmap:
A Adler, UK
09h30–10h00 Reducing premature cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in people with atherosclerotic vascular disease: the
World Heart Federation roadmap for secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease:
P Bovet, Seychelles
10h00–10h30 Reducing mortality from rheumatic heart disease from rheumatic heart disease: the Addis Ababa Communique
of the Africa Union Commission:
B Mayosi, South Africa
10h30–11h00 TEA/COFFEE BREAK
Chairs:
S Reebye, Mauritius ; B Onwubere, Nigeria
Chairs:
A Yearoo, Mauritius; A Chin, S Africa
11h00–13h00
Session II: Adapting the World Heart Federation
roadmaps at continental and national levels
Venue: Hibiscus ballroom
Session III: Stroke and atrial fibrillation
Venue: Barracuda
11h00–11h30 WHO-PEN programme for the control of NCDs and
the WHF roadmaps – is there congruence?
E Ogola, Kenya
Interventional treatment of stroke:
M Abelson, S Africa
11h30–12h00 The adaptation of the high blood pressure roadmap
for Africa: a case study:
A Dzudie, Cameroon
Standard versus atrial fibrillation-specific management
strategy (SAFETY Trial) to reduce admission and
prolong survival: lessons for Africa:
S Stewart, Australia
12h00–12h30 Presidents of national cardiac societies speak: the
relevance of the WHF roadmaps to my country:
S Ba, Senegal; I Toure, Niger; K Sliwa, South Africa
Role of CRT therapy in heart failure – the Indian
experience:
A Karthigesan, India
12h30–13h00 Panel discussion: What are the next steps in the
adaptation of the WHF roadmaps in African
countries?
S Yusuf, Canada; E Ogola, Kenya; Congo; P Bovet,
Seychelles
Left atrial appendage occlusion in patients with AF:
M Abelson, South Africa
13h00– 14h00 LUNCH AND MODERATED POSTER PRESENTATIONS
13h00–14h00
PHILIPS LUNCH SYMPOSIUM
Recent technologies assisting in cardiology imaging
S Rashed (Philips)
Venue: Barracuda room
14h00–15h30
Session IV : Pacemaker and ICD re-use in Africa:
Venue: Hibiscus ballroom
Chairs:
U Ramjutun, Mauritius; A Toure, Niger
14h00–14h15 Pacing services and its challenges in Mauritius:
O Sookur, Mauritius
14h15–14h30 Pacemaker and ICD re-use in Africa – the Cape Town experience:
A Chin, South Africa