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Pakistan is currently witnessing an epidemic
rise in non-communicable diseases associated with a devastating
economic and social impact. The treatment of cardiovascular diseases
is not only inadequate but also prohibitively expensive. This leads
to an emergent need to develop and evolve community-based preventive
strategies, which developed western countries have proven are effective
in controlling and reducing the incidence of cardiovascular disease.
While there is an imminent need to evolve effective and comprehensive
preventive programmes suited to Pakistani environment, a considerable
lack of cardiovascular research, especially in Pakistan and other
developing countries, remains a challenge.
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| Inaugural
session of the South Asian Cardiovascular Research Methodology
Workshop, organised by the Cardiology Section of the Department
of Medicine at Aga Khan University in collaboration with Pakistan
Cardiac Society, SAARC Cardiac Society, the World Health Organization
(WHO), Collaborating Centre-Pittsburg, and the University of
Pittsburgh, USA. |
Recognizing the need for capacity building and
research training of physicians and cardiologists, the Cardiology
Section of the Department of Medicine at Aga Khan University (AKU)
is therefore organising a South Asian Cardiovascular Research Methodology
Workshop on February 1-9, 2005. The workshop is being held in collaboration
with Pakistan Cardiac Society, SAARC Cardiac Society, the World
Health Organization (WHO), Collaborating Centre-Pittsburg, and the
University of Pittsburgh, USA. The inaugural session of the workshop
will be held at 10:00 AM on Tuesday, February 1, 2005, at AKU Auditorium.
The workshop aims to impart research skills through
a comprehensive training programme conducted by renowned experts
from the USA, India and Pakistan, and will be attended by participants
from Pakistan and Bangladesh. The workshop will, for the first time
in Pakistan, engage telemedicine to involve the medical community
at other institutions. Five key lectures from the workshop will
be relayed to audiences in other institutions within and outside
Karachi.
The workshop will not only boost research, but
by means of an extensive collaboration also provide an impetus to
regional cooperation.
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