High blood pressure and diabetes in the era of interventional cardiology in Africa
It is under this theme that the Cameroonian Society of Cardiology is organizing the 14th scientific congress from March 5 to 7, 2024 at the Hilton Hotel in Yaoundé.
An edition placed under the high patronage of the Ministry of Public Health which was represented at the opening ceremony by the Secretary General of Minsanté, Professor Louis Richard Njock. This work in Yaoundé, which ends on Thursday March 7, will have had the merit of having put the problem of interventional cardiology on the table and of proposing possible solutions. In addition, this meeting will have made it possible to unfold the annual roadmap of the Cameroonian Society of Cardiology in order to allow as many members as possible to spare their calendars in order to take part in a sharing of experiences and good practices leading to efficient patient loading.
Several actors involved in the value chain came together to tune their violin for a more efficient and lively Cameroonian cardiology society in the digital age which influences all sectors of life today. According to Dr. Hermann Tsague cardiologist at Yaoundé General Hospital, “cardiovascular diseases in Cameroon constitute the second cause of mortality after infectious, maternal and fetal diseases. In relation to the risks, we have hypertension, it is a major factor, 1 in three Cameroonians between the ages of 18 and 75 are hypertensive. If this is treated well there will be a reduced risk of having a stroke, heart attack or kidney failure. Concerning diabetes 6% of Cameroonians are diabetic, obesity is also an aggravating factor so if hypertensive, diabetic or obese patients are well taken care of, we reduce by 95% the number of patients who can have a stroke, a kidney failure or heart attack. We rely on the media to relay at all times to help raise awareness. You should know that 10 children out of a thousand births often suffer from cardiac malformation.
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Jean Claude Mbama, Pr émérite of sciences
« You saw the awareness that we have just raised, I have just given an inaugural lesson where I did not talk much about science but about a plea for our society, for mothers, parents because to avoid hypertension and diabetes, we must start in our homes, see what we eat, what the children eat and play sports. How many high schools in Yaoundé have sports halls? Whereas in our time, when I was young, sports constituted 30 to 40% of my work at school. We have changed our morals, we have changed our diet and we don't do enough sport and what happens is the accumulation of weight, obesity sometimes from our childhood and what happens , we have hypertension and diabetes welcome to cardiovascular complications so my plea is that we be vigilant about our consumption habits in our homes, see what we eat, what our children eat outside the home because the soda is not the necessary drink but rather pure water is better ».
Pr Alain Menanga, cardiologist president of the organizing committee
«Fatally or inevitably, the message relates to the theme and this time interventional cardiology. Today you have heard more and more, in the main cities of Cameroon, it is possible to have this topology which allows certain acute problems. This is an element in addition to patients who will have complications from their infections, so you see that we are talking about complications. If there is a business message to get across it is to avoid getting to that point because it means that the situation has evolved so the message is to avoid getting to that situation as much as possible. This involves controlling blood sugar levels by balancing them. The ideal is to delay the onset of one of the two conditions for as long as possible in predisposed subjects. When in your family, your direct ancestors or further back there is a history of high blood pressure or diabetes, this means that we may be willing and say to ourselves what should be done and delay as long as possible its occurrence. There is one piece of advice: to leave the sedentary mode on a massive scale, i.e. to practice fitness walking over certain distances, at the time people sometimes walked 5km to go to school, that's it. are habits to keep later they become senior executives ».
Clément Noumsi
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