Promotion of Cardiovascular Health in Africa: The Alliance for Medical Research in Africa (AMedRA) Expert Panel.

Journal: JACC. Advances

Volume: 3

Issue: 12

Year of Publication: 

Affiliated Institutions:  Alliance for Medical Research in Africa, Dakar, Senegal. Department of Medicine, Tamale Teaching Hospital, Tamale, Ghana. Center for Cardiovascular Research and Innovation, Nemours Cardiac Center, Nemours Children's Health, Wilmington, Delaware, USA. Department of Cardiology, Principal Hospital of Dakar, Dakar, Senegal. Department of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Odontostomatology, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal. Service de Cardiologie, Centre Hospitalier Régional de Saint-Louis, Saint-Louis, Senegal. Department of Cardiology, Dalal Jamm Hospital, Dakar, Senegal. Department of Physiology, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal. Département des Sciences de la Santé, Université Assane Seck de Ziguinchor, Ziguinchor, Senegal. Department of Internal Medicine and Specialties, Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, Dakar, Senegal. Department of Public Health, University of Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA. Holo Global Health Research Institute, Cotonou, Benin. Africa-Europe Cluster of Research Excellence (CoRE) in Non-Communicable Diseases & Multimorbidity, African Research Universities Alliance ARUA & The Guild, Nairobi, Kenya. Center for Population Health Innovation, University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany. Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA. Service de cardiologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada. Laboratory of Chronic and Neurologic Diseases Epidemiology, LEMACEN, Doctoral School of Health Sciences, University of Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Benin. Center for Genomics and Precision Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. Public Health Service, Institute of Dentistry and Stomatology, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry, Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, Senegal. Non-Communicable Diseases Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa. Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. School of Infection & Immunity, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. Department of Biomedical Informatics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Abstract summary 

This proposed scientific statement is focused on providing new insights regarding challenges and opportunities for cardiovascular health (CVH) promotion in Africa. The statement includes an overview of the current state of CVH in Africa, with a particular interest in the cardiometabolic risk factors and their evaluation through metrics. The statement also explains the main principles of primordial prevention, its relevance in reducing noncommunicable disease and the different strategies that have been effective worldwide. Also, the statement addresses challenges for implementing primordial prevention strategies in Africa, such as socioeconomic, cultural, lifestyle, and environmental factors, and highlights the importance of adapting strategies to the context. Finally, the statement recommends fundamental approaches for promoting CVH with the help of various partnerships and the involvement of communities.

Authors & Co-authors:  Ka Mame Madjiguene MM Gaye Ngone Diaba ND Ahadzi Dzifa D Baker-Smith Carissa M CM Ndao Serigne Cheikh Tidiane SCT Wambugu Vivien V Singh Gurbinder G Gueye Khadidiatou K Seck Daouda D Dia Khadidiatou K Allen Norrina Bai NB Ba Awa A Mboup Waly Niang WN Yassine Rabab R Guissé Pape Momar PM Anne Malick M Aw Fatou F Bèye Serigne Mor SM Diouf Marguerite Tening MT Diaw Mor M Belkhadir Jamal J Wone Issa I Kohen Jamal Eddine JE Mbaye Maïmouna Ndour MN Ngaide Aliou Alassane AA Liyong Elisabeth Alice EA Sougou Ndeye Marième NM Lalika Mathias M Ale Boni Maxime BM Jaiteh Lamin L Mekonnen Demeke D Bukachi Fred F Lorenz Thiess T Ntabadde Kauthrah K Mampuya Warner W Houinato Dismand D Kitara David Lagoro DL Kane Abdoul A Seck Sidy Mouhamed SM Fall Ibrahima Socé IS Tshilolo Léon L Samb Abdoulaye A Owolabi Mayowa M Diouf Massamba M Lamptey Roberta R Kengne André Pascal AP Maffia Pasquale P Clifford Gari D GD Sattler Elisabeth Lilian Pia ELP Mboup Mouhamed Chérif MC Jobe Modou M Gaye Bamba B

Study Outcome 

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Citations :  Mensah G.A., Roth G.A., Fuster V. The global burden of cardiovascular diseases and risk factors: 2020 and beyond. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2019;74(20):2529–2532. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2019.10.009.
Authors :  52
Identifiers
Doi : 101376
SSN : 2772-963X
Study Population
Male,Female
Mesh Terms
Other Terms
Africa;cardiovascular health;diabetes;hypertension;obesity;primordial prevention
Study Design
Study Approach
Country of Study
Publication Country
United States