TY - JOUR
T1 - The National cardiothoracic centre, Accra Ghana
T2 - Proceedings of the second International update course in cardiology - Improving the coverage of cardiology services
AU - Entsua-Mensah, Kow
AU - Doku, Alfred
AU - Adzamli, Innocent
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Many developing countries now face the growing phenomenon of the double burden of disease. Most are still grappling with infectious diseases resulting from poor environmental sanitation and lack of access to good drinking water like malaria, cholera, and enteric fever. At the same time changes in diet and lifestyle in general in these countries is resulting in increasing numbers of people with obesity, sedentary life styles, increased salt intake from fast foods, increased smoking and consumption of alcohol and fizzy drinks, hypertension and diabetes. To increase the scope and depth of cardiovascular care in Ghana, the National Cardiothoracic Centre, (NCTC), organised the 2 nd International Update Course in Cardiology for cardiologists and general practitioners, with emphasis on a practical approach to cardiology. Post conference evaluation indicated that the course was very useful especially for practitioners in district and regional hospitals. Close to 98% of the participants revealed that the update course will greatly impact positively on their management of cardiovascular diseases.
AB - Many developing countries now face the growing phenomenon of the double burden of disease. Most are still grappling with infectious diseases resulting from poor environmental sanitation and lack of access to good drinking water like malaria, cholera, and enteric fever. At the same time changes in diet and lifestyle in general in these countries is resulting in increasing numbers of people with obesity, sedentary life styles, increased salt intake from fast foods, increased smoking and consumption of alcohol and fizzy drinks, hypertension and diabetes. To increase the scope and depth of cardiovascular care in Ghana, the National Cardiothoracic Centre, (NCTC), organised the 2 nd International Update Course in Cardiology for cardiologists and general practitioners, with emphasis on a practical approach to cardiology. Post conference evaluation indicated that the course was very useful especially for practitioners in district and regional hospitals. Close to 98% of the participants revealed that the update course will greatly impact positively on their management of cardiovascular diseases.
KW - Cardiovascular disease
KW - Double burden of disease
KW - Lifestyle modification
KW - Noncommunicable disease
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84862301841&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Article
C2 - 22368751
AN - SCOPUS:84862301841
SN - 1937-8688
VL - 11
SP - 8
JO - Pan African Medical Journal
JF - Pan African Medical Journal
ER -