[afro-nets] Hypertension Training Seminar

[Albertino Damasceno <tino_7117@yahoo.com.br>]

Hypertension Training Seminar
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21st and 22nd September, 2006
Maputo, Mozambique

Dear Friends,

I would like to use the list to announce an Hypertension Teach-
ing Seminar that will be organized by the International Society
of Hypertension (ISH) Lower and Middle Income Countries Strate-
gic Initiatives Working Group, in collaboration with the Inter-
national Forum for Hypertension Control and Prevention in Africa
(IFHA) and that will happen in Maputo, Mozambique, on the 21st
and 22nd of September 2006. The Seminar is meant for medical
doctors up to the age of 50 and residing in Africa, who are in-
volved in the management and/or research in hypertension or hy-
pertension-related fields. The language will be English. Some
travel grants can be obtained to some participants that should
apply. The programme of the two-day seminar is the following:

Seminar directors: R. Fagard & A. Damasceno.

Day 1
9:00-12:00. Session 1
Epidemiology of hypertension and contributing factors in Africa.
A. Damasceno
Measurement of blood pressure in low resource settings.
E. OBrien
Evaluation, diagnosis and risk stratification of the hyperten-
sive patient.
Y. Seedat

13:30-18:00. Session 2
Ambulatory blood pressure, blood pressure variability, target
organ damage and prognosis.
E. OBrien

Pathogenesis of hypertension in blacks.
J. Polonia

Coffee break and Poster visit.

Complications of hypertension in Africa.
B. Onwubere

How to organize the management of hypertension in a low resource
setting J.R.
MBuyamba

Day 2
9:00-12:00. Session 3
When and whom to treat?
B. Onwubere

Non-pharmacological treatment of hypertension in blacks.
R. Fagard

Drug treatment of hypertension in blacks.
Y. Seedat

13:30-18:00. Session 4
Hypertensive emergencies.
J. Polonia

How to set up an epidemiological study.
A. Damasceno

Coffee break and Poster visit.

How to set up an intervention trial.
R. Fagard.

Presentation of Abstracts on Research in Africa.
Introduction and Chair
D. Lemougoum
There will be ample room for discussion after each presentation,
and abstracts on hypertension research in Africa for oral or
poster presentation will also be accept to be discussed with the
international faculty. Abstracts can cover results, but also re-
search plans and protocols can be submitted.

If anybody wants to participate please contact me through this
e-mail address and I will send an letter of invitation as well
as an application form.

Best regards,

Albertino Damasceno
Mozambique
mailto:tino_7117@yahoo.com.br