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American College of Cardiology’s Heart Songs Learning Lab is a unique audiovisual program designed to refresh your cardiac auscultation skills.

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Welcome to Circulation on the Run, your weekly podcast summary and backstage pass to the journal and its editors.

Circulation on the Run podcast's feature paper (Latent Rheumatic Heart Disease: Identifying the Children at Highest Risk of Unfavorable Outcome) really reminds us that rheumatic heart disease remains the most common cardiovascular disease among the world's youth. These days, echocardiographic screening provides a promising tool for early detection. However, the utility of this tool really depends on knowing the natural history of screen detected rheumatic heart disease, so-called latent rheumatic heart disease. Now, that has remained clear until today's paper. I'm so pleased to have with us the first and corresponding author, Dr. Andrea Beaton, from Children's National Medical Center in Washington D.C., as well as Dr. Bongani Mayosi, Associate Editor from University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Dr. Carolyn Lam from Circulation Journal speaks with lead author Dr. Andrea Beaton and Dr. Bongani Mayosi, Associate Editor from University of Cape Town, South Africa. Link to full article and supplementary material (including a transcript of this podcast) is available here.

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Report on the School Health Program Need Assessment Survey, Tanzania

This document is a report on an activity funded by the Touch Foundation, Tanzania.

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تدريب الطلاب الخاص بمرض روماتيزم القلب (in Arabic) 

Training module produced by Wired International
 

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On 2-3 November 2017 at the Protea Hotel in Kampala, Uganda, a number of partners including the Ministry of Health of Uganda, Uganda Heart Institute (UHI), RHD Action, Children’s National Health System, and Case Western Reserve University, come together to participate in the Uganda RHD Stakeholders’ Meeting.

In addition to highlighting progress achieved in delivering RHD services in recent years, this event involves discussions on how to engage new partners in rheumatic heart disease and on Uganda’s role in advocating for RHD as a public health priority both regionally and globally.

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Stroke occurs when a part of the brain does not receive adequate blood supply. Depending on the size and area of brain affected, stroke can cause death or significant disability. Often this disability is profound and life-long. The most recent data suggests that 25.7 million people have stroke each year, causing 6.5 million deaths. 

Stroke affects people of all ages, including young adults and children, and can have a devastating impact on families – particularly in countries where access to care is limited. Between 1990 and 2013, there was an increase of almost 40% in the total number of young adults dying from stroke in developing countries.

Find out more about rheumatic heart disease and stroke in our briefing note produced for #WorldStrokeDay

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World Heart Federation Statement on Agenda Item 16.2 – Noncommunicable Diseases WPRO RCM68

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World Health Organization, 64th EMRO Committee Meeting 09 – 12 October 2017, Islamabad, Pakistan

World Heart Federation Statement on Agenda Item 3(c): Operationalization of the adolescent health component of the Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health

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RHD Action Press Release: Western Pacific Nations attend Rheumatic Heart Disease Reception (For release October 9th 2017)

On Wednesday 11 October, RHD Action – a global initiative that unites the rheumatic heart disease community – will welcome Ministry of Health representatives from countries across the Western Pacific to the Rheumatic Heart Disease Reception. 

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World Heart Federation Statement on Agenda Item 8.3: Access to Medicines delivered at the Seventieth Session of the World Health Organization's regional committee meeting for Southeast Asia (SEARO) in Malé, the Maldives.

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PASCAR and Sudan Heart Society African Congress 2017
Khartoum, Sudan: 8 to 11 October 2017

DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS EXTENDED TO MONDAY 18TH SEPTEMBER 2017

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World Heart Federation Statement on Agenda Item 15: Regional Framework for Integrating Essential Non-Communicable Disease Services in Primary Health Care

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World Heart Federation Statement on Agenda Item 13: Framework for health systems development for Universal Health Coverage in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals in the African Region

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World Heart Federation Statement on Agenda Item 12 – Reducing Health Inequities through Intersectoral Action on the Social Determinants of Health.
 

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Zandile and Felicia are both from the Western Cape, South Africa and have one thing in common: they both live with rheumatic heart disease (RHD). 

Follow the link to read more about Felicia and Zandile’s experiences of living with RHD.