Sudanese Children Heart Society

Who We Are

Sudanese Children Heart Society is a charity group (Nongovernmental Organization) established in May 2012 and registered at the Sudanese Ministry of Social Affairs (Registration number 3482).

General Objective

Supporting children with heart disease and their families, Recruiting social and financial help to children with heart disease and help establishing services for children with heart disease in Sudan.

How Can We Help

Patients support group, Consultations from abroad, Share with families & Education of physicians and public

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Donate to help children with heart disease : Support Rheumatic Heart Disease Control Program, Cardiac monitors, Equipment for temperature, blood pressure and oxygen...

ARF and RHD Book

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Sponsored by the Sudanese Children's Heart Society, the guidelines book for ARF and RHD was launched, edited by Profs. Sulfa Ali, Mohamed Saeed Al Khaleefa and Siragedeen Mohamed Khair

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Future Plans

To establish an information system (database) for RHD with a central office in Khartoum and satellite offices in Sudanese States. The project is awaiting funding.

News and Events

Publications of the Sudan RHD Program 2018-2020

1.Sulafa Ali1, Noha Karadawi, Nezar B. Elhassan, Amal Ahmed M. Ahmed, Maha Boctor, Heitham Awadallah, Mohamed Hasan Elzubir. Patterns, outcomes and trends in hospital visits of un-operated and operated children with rheumatic heart disease in Sudan. Cardiovasc Diagn Ther 2018. doi: 10.21037/cdt.201...

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Sudan Rheumatic Heart Disease Program News

Sudan was nominated to be part of the WHO-EMRO RHD Expert Network:In 2018 WHO nominated 2 Sudanese RHD experts: Prof Sulafa Ali and Dr.Ahmed Elsayed to be members of its regional expert committee for RHD. The committee met in Jordan in Dec 2019 Sudan’s Sulafa Ali was awarded the Kuwait State Prize f...

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Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship News

Graduation of Batch 4: April 2018Dr.Sara Domi (first to left)Dr.Tajudeen Bushari (second to right)Dr.Abdelrahman Elhassan (first to right)External examiner: Dr.Omer Al TamimiInternal Examinor: Dr.Laila ElmahdiProgram Director: Prof Sulafa Ali Graduation of B...

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Kordofan RHD Control Center started Awareness days in Al Obeidand and Bara

Kordofan RHD Control Center started its activities with 2 public awareness days in Al Obeid and Bara localities led by Sister Rowaa Eltayib and Dr.Mohamed Izzedeen.

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Publication of a paper describing RHD patterns in Al Fashir-North Darfur

Najwa Salih et al published a paper that showed a high frequency of RHD in Al Fashir Hospital. Complications occurred in 33% of inpatients with a case fatality of 12%. Echocardiography revealed that 83% of patients have severe disease and 50% have a combination of more than 2 valves affected. Paper...

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National RHD Day Celebration at Al Fashir Schools

Led by Dr.Najwa Salih, a School Awareness Day was held on July 17 , the National RHD Awareness Day. Awareness sessions were conducted aided by posters and a promotional video . Video Link

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Kordofan Rheumatic Heart Disease Center

A center for RHD Control is due to open soon. The center is established after the successful screening and awareness mission conducted in North Kordofan in February 2018. Stakeholders are North Kordofan Ministry of Health, Sudan Heart Society, Sadagat Charity Organization and Sudanese Children...

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Publication of the Echo Screening Project at Al Managil-Gezira

This project screened 2300 school children and the Echo prevallance was found to be 2.3/1000 , much lower than Darfur prevalence of 19/1000Public awareness campaigns and health worker training were achieved. Puplication Link Health awareness about RHD in Al Managil Schools

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The First Echocardiography Screening Project for Rheumatic Heart Disease is Published

This paper is important as it details the first project of echocardiography screening for RHD conducted in Sudan. It showed that the echo prevalence in Khartoum is 0.03/1000 while its 19/1000 in Darfur. Paper Link

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Graduation of Batch 4 of Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Program

In May 16/2018, the 4th Batch of the Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Program (Sudan Medical Specialization Board) graduated. Three candidates passed the examinations:1. Dr.Tajudeen Bushari2. Dr.Abdelrahman Elhassan3. Dr.Sara Bushra DomiExternal e...

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Upcoming Soon: 3D Printing in Congenital Heart Disease

A Cutting Edge Workshop on Congenital Heart Imaging combined with 3 D printingProfessor J Smallhorn from Stollery Children’s Hospital, University of Alberta, Canada, will conduct a 2 and a half day cutting edge course on congenital heart Disease with 3 D printed models in February 2018 at the Sudan...

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Sudan Heart Society and PASCAR Conference in Khartoum

In October, the Pan African Society of Cardiology held its annual conference in Khartoum, together with Sudan Heart Society and Pan African Catheter Intervention Course (PAFCIC). The Pan African Pediatric Cardiology Group held a one day meeting where many abstracts were presented. Dr.Intisar I...

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Echo Screening Program Reached 11000 Subjects:

The Sudan Hand Held Echo Project reached 11000 subjects. Preliminary data showed an extremely high prevalence in Kordofan area. The Sudanese Children’s Heart Society is raising funds to establish Kordofan Center for Rheumatic Heart Disease Control.

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Gradation of Batch 3 of the Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Program

In June 2017, batch 3 of the Ped Cardio Fellowship graduated, 2 candidates passed the final examination: Dr.Rabab Abbas & Dr.Amani Fadul. Internal examiners were Drs.Mohamed Al Amin and Laila Elmahdi. External examiner was Prof.May Elsayed, from Egypt. Congratulations!! From right to left: Drs.A...

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