The Children's Heart Disease Research Unit (CHDRU) conducts, promotes and supports children's heart disease research on the African continent.
Cape Town, South Africa
Joined July 2018
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The 29th of September is #WorldHeartDay🫀check out how we celebrated and raised awareness this year at @RXWMCH in Cape Town: health.uct.ac.za/chdru/artic…
#WorldHeartDay2024 #HeartHealth
Happy #MandelaDay2024 from the CHDRU Team! Thank you @FoodForwardSA 🫶
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The first PEN Plus Africa conference is just around the corner!
For those who would like to join virtually, you can register here - shorturl.at/JLM79.
The Heart Health Meetup is on 24th April at 17h30 EAT, sign up to receive the meeting link here - shorturl.at/kyC34
Are you ready for the 1st International Conference on PEN-Plus in Africa—#ICPPA2024?
🗓️ April 23-25, 2024
📍 Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Get ready for impactful discussions in the fight against #NCDs!
Learn more 👇🏿:
afro.who.int/media-centre/ev…
#PENPlus
#EndingDiseaseinAfrica
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Watch Prof @lieslzuhlke on Episode 11 (12:10) of @escardio TV TODAY, speaking about Rheumatic Heart Disease, discussing the role of imaging techniques in diagnosis, disease management, and future research: bit.ly/3Pmj3nK
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Professor Mark Engel, our colleague, mentor, and dear friend, gave his #UCTInauguralLecture last night to a full audience. Heartfelt tributes were paid to and from Mark, and his key takeaways left everyone feeling inspired. Congratulations once again @markengel_ct!
Professor Mark Engel, our colleague, mentor, and dear friend, gave his #UCTInauguralLecture last night to a full audience. Heartfelt tributes were paid to and from Mark, and his key takeaways left everyone feeling inspired. Congratulations once again @markengel_ct!
In South Africa, Rheumatic Fever Week (1-7 August) falls in Women's Month. This is a timely opportunity to raise awareness of the disease's impact on women and encourage those affected to protect their health: shorturl.at/fgEQZ #RheumaticFeverWeek #RHD
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Today's #UCTInauguralLecture presented by Prof Mark Engel - "We are here too - Contributing African Strep A research towards eliminating Rheumatic Heart Disease" will also be live-streamed from 17:00 SAST.
Join the lecture now: bit.ly/ProfMarkEngelInaugura…
Inaugural lecture of Professor @MrsMaswime - #GlobalHealth #SafeSurgery #Equity @UCTHealthSci
A very proud moment
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Please join our second Ask the Expert #webinar featuring Professor Andrew Steer on 'Localization of Research: Generating High-Quality Data to Inform Local and Global Practice Policy'. June 22nd, 2023, from 1:00 – 1:30pm EAT. Register: bit.ly/3JlHmiq
#RHD
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Congratulations to Paediatric Cardiologist, Prof Liesl Zühlke, who recently received the SAMRC Mid-Career Scientists Programme Award. Her research spans congenital and Rheumatic Heart Disease and Cardiac Disease in women. @UCT_Research @lieslzuhlke @MRCza
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UPCOMING WEBINAR: How does climate change impact newborn health outcomes? Learn how heat stress is a worrying contributing factor to CHD and what can be done to protect pregnant women and infants against it. bit.ly/3DzuCSx
Feb 13, 2023 | 9:00 AM ET
#chdawarenessweek
Watch how we used chromosomal microarray to identify copy number variants among congenital heart disease patients in Africa in this useful summary video by @jenniejlin 🫀 #CHD #CNV #Genetics #Cardiology @Nsaacks13 @JohnLawrenson @lieslzuhlke
Investigation of Copy Number Variation in South African Patients With Congenital Heart Defects ahajournals.org/doi/suppl/10…
@AHAScience #ahajournals #CardioGen #protea #cnv #CHD
📽️ @jenniejlin
@ChildrensHeart1 Director @lieslzuhlke and @Sliwa1Karen were jointly awarded the @FabAcademic Alan Pifer Research Award for social for social impact. The #Protea Programme partnerships for children heart disease research in Africa Chdru.uct.ac.za
Last night CHRDU Director @lieslzuhlke delivered the T.Duckett Jones Memorial Lecture at #AHA22, receiving a standing ovation! A well-deserved honor for a leader with an unwavering dedication to fighting #RHD.
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Tigray Siege and its impact on cardiology services in Mekelle University Hospital: a call to action 📢academic.oup.com/eurheartj/a…
@WHOAFRO @PASCAR_Cardio @abrahahailu @escardio #Warzone #Cardiology #Ethiopia
Tigray Siege and its impact on cardiology services in Mekelle University Hospital: a call to action 📢academic.oup.com/eurheartj/a…
@WHOAFRO @PASCAR_Cardio @abrahahailu @escardio #Warzone #Cardiology #Ethiopia
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Proud of our new paper describing the estimated incidence and phenotype of kids with MIS-C in Cape Town over the first year of the pandemic. Main findings in thread below......bmcpediatr.biomedcentral.com…
