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Development of the certificate course in the management of hypertension in Africa (CCMH-Africa): proceedings of the first continental faculty meeting, Nairobi, Kenya, 25–26 February 2018
- Source :
- Cardiovascular Journal of Africa. 29:331-334
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Clinics Cardive Publishing, 2018.
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Abstract
- BACKGROUND In response to the call by the World Health Organisation to reduce premature deaths from non-communicable diseases by 25% by the year 2025 (25×25), the Pan-African Society of Cardiology (PASCAR), in partnership with several organisations, including the World Heart Federation, have developed an urgent 10-point action plan to improve detection, treatment and control of hypertension in Africa. Priority six of this action plan is to promote a task-shifting/task-sharing approach in the management of hypertension. AIM This capacity-building initiative aims to enhance the knowledge, skills and core competences of primary healthcare physicians in the management of hypertension and related complications. METHODS In a collaborative approach with the International Society of Hypertension, the British and Irish Hypertension Society, the Public Health Foundation of India and the Centre for Chronic Disease Control, the PASCAR hypertension taskforce held a continental faculty meeting in Kenya on 25 and 26 February 2018 to review and discuss a process of effective contextualisation and implementation of the Indian hypertension management course on the African continent. RESULTS A tailored African course in terms of evidence-based learning, up-to-date curriculum and on-the-job training was developed with a robust monitoring and evaluation strategy. The course will be offered on a modular basis with a judicious mix of case studies, group discussions and contact sessions, with great flexibility to accommodate participants' queries. CONCLUSIONS Hypertension affects millions of people in Africa and if left untreated is a major cause of heart disease, kidney disease and stroke. CCMH-Africa will train in the next 10 years, 25 000 certified general physicians and 50 000 nurses, capable of adequately managing uncomplicated hypertension, thereby freeing the few available specialists to focus on severe or complicated cases.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
Public health
General Medicine
Monitoring and evaluation
Certification
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
Certificate
language.human_language
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Nursing
Irish
Action plan
General partnership
medicine
language
030212 general & internal medicine
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Curriculum
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 16800745 and 19951892
- Volume :
- 29
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Cardiovascular Journal of Africa
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........6fa54520e147af2771362bbaba7edee1