Hatter Institute for Cardiovascular Research in Africa

Heart of Africa - Maternity & Cardiac Disease Project

The incidence of cardiovascular disease is increasing across the world, resulting in significant morbidity and mortality. In Africa, cardiovascular disease is the most common causes of maternal death in pregnant women.

Welcome to HICRA

The Hatter Institute for Cardiovascular Research in Africa (HICRA) strives to facilitate national and international research collaborations, consolidate and expand existing efforts to combat the most serious cardiovascular threats to health.

Hatter Lipid Research Group

Lipidology services and research at UCT date back more than 5 decades and have historically involved multiple departments including Chemical Pathology, Medical Biochemistry and Medicine. Lipidology has grown in the last few years and is now spread...

Cardiovascular Genetics Group

The Cardiovascular Genetics Group aims to discover the genetic causes of inherited and sporadic heart diseases and a few other rare genetic conditions in South Africa. By studying rare families with monogenic diseases, we hope to identify the...

Heart of Africa

This includes collaborative projects that examine the emergence of heart disease in African communities in epidemiological transition.

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News

Sunday, 22 September 2019

Dr. Frederic Nduhirabandi, a researcher at the Hatter Institute, visited the University of Namibia

Dr. Frederic Nduhirabandi, a researcher at the Hatter Institute for Cardiovascular Research in Africa, visited the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Namibia (UNAM) from 28 Aug to 30 August, hosted by Professor Christian John Hunter, the head of the Departments of Internal Medicine and Physiology at the School of Medicine.

Publication Date:

Mon, 16 Sep 2019 - 09:15

Prof Sliwa opens the European Society of Cardiology with the World Heart Federation Congress, Paris

Professor Karen Sliwa (University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa), President of the World Heart Federation (WHF) officially opened the ESC on Sunday September 1, 2019 in Paris.

Publication Date:

Tue, 03 Sep 2019 - 13:00