New WHO pocket-charts will save lives by predicting heart attack and stroke

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New WHO pocket-charts will save lives by predicting heart attack and stroke - 12-09-2007, 11:01 AM

A new book of pocket-charts that will help health workers to identify people at risk of heart attacks and strokes and save lives by prescribing the most appropriate treatment is published today by the World Health Organization (WHO). The charts can be adapted for use in any setting, in any country, with any patient. [Read More]

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