WHO Events

2nd WHO and Wellcome Trust workshop on cardiovascular disease

Date: 6-8 June 2007
Place: London, UK

In August 2001, WHO convened an expert consultation in collaboration with the Wellcome Trust to discuss ways of assisting low- and middle-income countries in strengthening health care for people with established cardiovascular disease.

This is a follow-up workshop where experts from low- and middle-income countries as well as industrialized countries will:

• review the implementation of large-scale secondary prevention programmes (successful or not) for cardiovascular disease in their countries;
• exchange examples of successful research conducted in low-resource settings to help understand what has worked and what has not worked and why; and
• increase collaboration among experts for research that is both relevant and competitive.

The workshop will consist of a two-day scientific programme and one day dedicated to the formation of collaborative groups, their interaction and development of proposals.

Source : www.who.int