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Guidelines to improve AF and HF treatment and prognosis
include, among other things, improving access to cardiologists,
training of staff, developing primary-prevention programmes,
and providing cheaper medication and information to the
general public.
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Shortages in human and financial resources need to be
addressed mainly because of other competing health priorities.
The fifth strategic priority of the WHO country co-operation
strategy asks for the ‘improvement of measures for themonitoring
of the management of programmes, logistics, equipment and
different materials, ICT (information and communication
technologies) and finances’. As such, Cameroon is committed to
focus on these and the other priority areas. These priority areas
include, among other things, supporting the fight against NCD,
improving health indicators and health security, promoting safe
behaviour, and strengthening the health system.
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This publication was reviewed by the PASCAR governing council and
approved by the president of the Cameroon Cardiac Society.
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