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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 these two great men alive.
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. René Favaloro |
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.
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 |
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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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