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Science of Peace
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Dr. Paul Dudley White |
The "InterAmerican
Heart Foundation Science of Peace Lecture" is an invited
lecture series that takes place every other year.
The InterAmerican Heart Foundation Science of Peace Lecture
and Award honors the work of Dr. Paul Dudley White of the
United States and Dr. René Favaloro of Argentina. Both
recognized the societal causes and implications of
cardiovascular disease control and prevention. They
saw health as a human right and paid attention to the social
and economic context in which cardiovascular disease occurs.
The Science of Peace Lecture is intended to keep the vision of
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Dr. Favaloro was a very compassionate and passionate
physician. He thought that social injustice and poverty are
at the root of the diseases that concern cardiologists.
This is becoming more evident now as we face an epidemic of
tobacco, obesity, sedentarism, diabetes and other conditions
in developing countries.
The IAHF is a heart foundation that is committed to this
philosophy. An example of such commitment is the
Foundation's current work to understand the epidemiological
reality of Latin America through the CARMELA Study. One of
this study's objectives is to evaluate the relationship
between socio-economic status and risks factors for heart
disease and stroke in 11,200 people in 7 Latin American
cities. Another example is the IAHF work on advocacy for
tobacco control.
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Dr. Raymond Bahr, Director of the Paul Dudley White Coronary
Care System at St. Agnes HealthCare in Baltimore, Maryland,
suggested to the InterAmerican Heart Foundation to carry on
the vision of Dr. Favaloro through this Invited Lecture
series.
Dr. Favaloro was to present an update on this social
outreach message at the 4th National Congress of
Chest Pain
Centers and Providers in Baltimore when he died tragically
on July 29, 2000.
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Dr. René Favaloro |
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Dr. Salim Yusuf Lecture |
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The first lecture was given by Dr. Salim Yusuf
on October, 2003, in Toronto, Canada at the Interamerican
Congress of Cardiology meeting. It focused on violence and war
and the incongruity of human priorities.
See his presentation here.
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Dr. Herman E. Schargrodsky Lecture |
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Dr. Herman E.
Schargrodsky |
The second lecture was given by Dr. Herman E. Schargrodsky,
of the Italian Hospital of Buenos Aires and Principal
Investigator of the CARMELA Study, in Cancun, México, on
February 1, 2006, during the Interamerican Congress of
Cardiology. His presentation focused on health inequities
and the importance of understanding the epidemiological
situation of Latin America to address the epidemic of heart
diseases and stroke.
See his presentation here. |
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Dr. Bartolomé Finizola Lecture |
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The third
lecture was given by Dr. Bartolomé Finizola, Medical Director of
ASCARDIO, Barquisimeto Venezuela and current president of
Venezuelan Society of Cardiology, in Lima, Perú, April 2007,
during the XXI Interamerican and Peruvian Congress of
Cardiology. His presentation focused on ethics, financial and
management conflicts where Cardiovascular Health is involved.
See
his presentation here. |
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Peace, Pandemics and Pluralism by George A. O. Alleyne |
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Sir George Alleyne |
The
fourth lecture was given by Sir George Alleyne, Chancellor of
the University of West Indies, Barbados. In addition, he serves
on the Task Force on Health Care in the Caribbean and is a
Special Envoy to combat HIV in the Caribbean.. His presentation,
Peace, Pandemics and Pluralism, focused on the societal causes
of chronic diseases.
See his presentation here. |
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