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CARDIOVASCULAR JOURNAL OF AFRICA • Volume 30, No 5, September/October 2019
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AFRICA
Cardiovascular Disease Governance
A national strategy or plan that addresses:
Stakeholder action
www.worldheart.org www.pascar.org www.sudanheartsociety.orgCVDs and their specific risk factors
NCDs 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
SUDAN
Number of hospital beds
(per 10,000 population)
8
SUDAN
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.orginfo@pascar.org
sudanheartgroup@gmail.com
Number of nurses
(per 10,000 population)
11.57
+
Number of physicians
(per 10,000 population)
3.14
Clinical Guidelines for:
No data
KEY:
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implemented
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