List of Cardiovascular Health Organisations in Africa
|
| Country/Region |
Organisation
|
Mission |
Web or e-mail address(where
available) |
| Continental |
Africa Heart Network (AHN) |
Umbrella organisation for
national heart foundations |
http://www.africanheartnet.org/ |
| International Forum for Hypertension
Control and Cardiovascular Disease
Prevention in Africa (IFHA) |
Umbrella organisation for
individuals and national
societies |
ifhafrica@camnet.cm |
| Pan African Society of Cardiology
(PASCAR) |
Umbrella organisation for
national professional
associations of cardiovascular
practitioners |
http://www.pascar.co.za/ |
| Algerian |
Algerian Society of Cardiology |
Professional association of
cardiovascular health practitioners |
www.ands.dz/algeriancardio/
accueil.htm
algeriancardio@hotmail.com
justromantique@yahoo.fr |
| Algeria Society of Hypertension |
Professional association of
cardiovascular health
practitioners |
http://www.meduohio.edu/whl
/africa.html |
| Benin |
Benin Heart Foundation |
Benin Benin Heart Foundation Non-profit non-governmental
organisation established to
reduce the incidence of
cardiovascular disease
through public education and
supporting research |
http://www.africanheartnet.org/
Email:hipagbot@intnet.bj |
| Cameroon |
Cameroon Cardiac Society |
Professional association of
cardiovascular health
practitioners |
|
| Cameroon Heart Foundation (CAMEHF) |
Non-profit non-governmental
organisation established to
reduce the incidence of
cardiovascular disease
through public education and
supporting research |
http://www.africanheartnet.org/
Email:
dlems@hotmail.com ,
dlems2002@yahoo.fr |
| Congo |
Heart Foundation of Congo Brazzaville
("Un coeur pour la vie") |
Non-profit non-governmental
organisation established to
reduce the incidence of
cardiovascular disease
through public education and
supporting research |
http://www.africanheartnet.org/
kakynathalre@yahoo.fr |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
|
African Association of
Thoracic and Cardiovascular
Surgery |
www.coopgabon.net/aactcv |
| Egypt |
Egyptian Hypertension League |
Professional association of
cardiovascular health
practitioners |
http://www.ehs-egypt.net
ehs@link.net |
| Egyptian Society of Cardiology |
Professional association of
cardiovascular health
practitioners |
www.cardioegypt.com
int@cardioegypt.com |
|
Ghana |
Ghana Heart Foundation |
Non-profit non-governmental
organisation established to
reduce the incidence of
cardiovascular disease
through public education and
supporting research |
http://www.africanheartnet.org/ |
| Ghana Society of Hypertension &
Cardiology |
Professional association of
cardiovascular health
practitioners |
agbamoah@ghana.com |
| Kenya |
Heart Association of Kenya |
on-profit non-governmental
organisation established to
reduce the incidence of
cardiovascular disease
through public education and
supporting research |
http://www.africanheartnet.org/ |
| Kenya Cardiac Society |
Professional association of cardiovascular health
practitioners |
www.kenyacardiacs.com |
| Kenya Hypertension League |
Professional association of
cardiovascular health
practitioners |
http://www.meduohio.edu/whl/
africa.html |
| Libya |
Libyan Cardiac Society |
Professional association of
cardiovascular health
practitioners |
http://www.lcs.org.ly/content/ |
| Mauritius |
Mauritius Heart Foundation |
Non-profit non-governmental
organisation established to
reduce the incidence of
cardiovascular disease
through public education and
supporting research |
cardiac@intnet.mu |
| Morocco |
Moroccan Society of Cardiology |
Professional association of
cardiovascular health
practitioners |
www.smc.ma |
| National League for the Control of
Cardiovascular Disease |
Non-profit non-governmental
organisation established to
reduce the incidence of
cardiovascular disease |
http://www.meduohio.edu/whl/africa.html
a.moustaghfir@menara.ma
smoughil@yahoo.fr |
| Mozambique |
Heart Association of Mozambique |
Non-profit non-governmental
organisation established to
reduce the incidence of
cardiovascular disease
through public education and
supporting research |
http://www.africanheartnet.org/
tino_7117@hotmail.com |
| Nigeria |
Nigerian Heart Foundation |
Non-profit non-governmental
organisation established to
reduce the incidence of
cardiovascular disease
through public education and
supporting research |
http://www.africanheartnet.org/ |
| Nigerian Hypertension Society |
Professional association of
cardiovascular health
practitioners |
http://www.meduohio.edu/whl/africa.html |
| Nigerian Cardiac Society |
Professional association of
cardiovascular health
practitioners |
samuel_odion@hotmail.com |
| Senegal |
Senegal Heart and Hypertension
Foundation |
Professional association of
cardiovascular health
practitioners |
http://www.meduohio.edu/whl/
africa.html |
|
South African |
South African Heart Association(with the
following interest groups:Cardiac
Arrhythmia Society of South
AfricaPaediatric Cardiology Society of
South AfricaNuclear Cardiology
GroupSociety of Cardiothoracic
SurgerySociety for Interventional
CardiologyLipid and Atherosclerosis
Society of South Africa) |
Professional association of
cardiovascular health
practitioners |
www.saheart.org |
| Stroke Association of South Africa |
Professional association of
health practitioners with an
interest in stroke medicine |
|
| Southern African Hypertension Society |
Professional association of
physicians |
www.hypertension.org.za |
| Heart Foundation of South Africa |
Non-profit non-governmental
organisation established to
reduce the incidence of
cardiovascular disease
through public education and
supporting research |
www.heartfoundation.co.za |
| Heart Failure Society of South Africa |
Professional association of
cardiovascular practitioners |
www.hefssa.org |
| Society for Endocrinology, Metabolism,
and Diabetes of South Africa (SEMDSA) |
Professional association of
physicians |
www.semdsa.org.za |
| Sudan |
Sudan Heart Institute |
on-profit non-governmental organisation established to
reduce the incidence of
cardiovascular disease
through public education and
supporting research |
http://www.worldheart.org/members
foundationsahn.php
asaelsayed@hotmail.com |
| Tunisia |
Heart Foundation of Tunisia |
Tunisia Non-profit non-governmental
organisation established to
reduce the incidence of
cardiovascular disease
through public education and
supporting research |
www.atcccv.org.tn
hgamra@rns.tn
hassen.ghannem@ms.tn |
| Zimbabwe |
Zimbabwe Hypertension Society |
Professional association of
physicians with an interest in
hypertension |
http://www.meduohio.edu/whl/africa.html |
