Understanding the rise in cardiovascular diseases in Africa : harmonising H3Africa genomic epidemiological teams and tools : cardiovascular topic
Year: 2014
Type: article
Abstract: Cardiovascular diseases, principally ischaemic heart disease and stroke, are the leading causes of global mortality and morbidity. Together with other non-communicable diseases, they account for more than 60% of global deaths and pose major social, economic and developmental challenges worldwide. In Africa, there is now compelling evidence that the major cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors are on the rise, and so are the related fatal and non-fatal sequelae, which occur at significantly younger ages than seen in high-income countries. In order to tackle this rising burden of CVD, the H3Africa Cardiovascular Working Group will hold an inaugural workshop on 30 May 2014 in Cape Town, South Africa. The primary workshop objectives are to enhance our understanding of the genetic underpinnings of the common major CVDs in Africa and strengthen collaborations among the H3Africa teams and other researchers using novel genomic and epidemiological tools to contribute to reducing the burden of CVD on the continent.
Institutions: University of Ibadan, University College Hospital, Ibadan, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, University of Ghana, National Health Laboratory Service, University of the Witwatersrand, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Medical University of South Carolina, Harvard University, National Human Genome Research Institute
Language: English
Subfield: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funders: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Wellcome Trust, National Institutes of Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Awards: H3Africa Kidney Disease Research Network, G4878468429, Systematic Investigation of Blacks with Stroke - Genomics (SIBS-Genomics) Study, Eliminating Health Disparities Through Multi-Trans-Disciplinary Approaches, Stroke Investigative Research & Educational Network (SIREN), AWI-Gen Phase 2: Genomic and environmental risk factors for cardiometabolic disease in Africans
OpenAlex ID: W825914897