Webinar: Hearts, an integrative clinical tool

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), through the HEARTS in the Americas initiative and in collaboration with the Pan American Journal of Public Health, invites you to attend a webinar on Thursday 17 November 2022.

This webinar aims to highlight the critical need to apply lessons learned from HEARTS to close implementation gaps and improve the detection, treatment and control of diabetes and hypertension in primary health care.

How to participate

Date: Thursday 17 November 2022
Time: 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. [veja abaixo o horário local em outras cidades]
Subscription: https://paho-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9ue-5_zOSTinUZfK_EmyxQ
Languages: Spanish and English, with simultaneous translation.
The first 500 participants in a Zoom room will receive a Certificate of Participation if they stay online for at least 50% of the session.
Zoom room can seat up to 500 people, so the live broadcast will also be on YouTube.

the target audience

Primary health care teams, doctors, nurses and pharmacists. Specializing in family medicine, internal medicine, diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, and kidney disease. Medical, nursing and health science students. Policy makers, health administrators, and complementary health organizations.

context

Hearts in the Americas, is the PAHO’s flagship initiative for the control of hypertension and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) through a standardized treatment protocol for hypertension and a clinical pathway that integrates core components related to assessment and management of cardiovascular risk, while promoting the integration of diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) in primary care. It is currently implemented in 2095 centers in 24 countries.

The Pan American Journal of Public Health Celebrating her 100th birthday, she posted Special number Dedicated to the HEARTS in the Americas initiative presenting relevant research efforts conducted in the region regarding implementation and first results of a comprehensive model to improve hypertension control and CVD prevention.

a program

Mediator: Dr. Pedro Ordonez. Adviser HEARTS Initiative advisor in the Americas. Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization.

Opening:

Hearts in the Americas. A special number of RPSP. what’s new?
- Dr. Damien Vasquez🇧🇷 Editor-in-chief of the Inter-American Journal of Public Health (RPSP). Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization.

part One:

Integrating the management of hypertension and diabetes into primary health care (PHC): the heart as a tool.
- Dr. David Flood. Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan. Global Health Researcher.

Amplifiers

Hearts, an opportunity to integrate diabetes into primary health care.
- Dr. Carmen Antini. Consultant in the field of diabetes prevention and control. Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization.
The HEARTS application: a clinical tool for managing the risk of cardiovascular disease and hypertension in primary care.
- Dr. Yeni Rodriguez. Advisor to the HEARTS Initiative in the Americas. Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization.

second part:

Cardiac assessment and clinical course checklist in the Americas for the comprehensive management of hypertension in primary care.
- Dr. Andres Rosendi. Advisor to the HEARTS Initiative in the Americas. Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization.

Amplifiers

Hearts in Peru🇧🇷
- Dr. Jorge Hanco. Director of the Department of Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases in the Ministry of Health of Peru.
Hearts in Colombia🇧🇷
- Dr. Juan Castrillon Spitia🇧🇷 Professor at Fundación Universitaria Autónoma de las Américas.
Hearts in Mexico🇧🇷
- Dr. Maria Casales Hernandez. Adviser to the National Center for Prevention and Disease Control Programs in Mexico (CENAPRECE).

keynote speaker

Hearts, an integrative clinical tool.
- Dr. Donald Debbett🇧🇷 Distinguished Professor of Health Sciences at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine. Columbia, South Carolina, USA. Advisor to the HEARTS Initiative in the Americas.