Advocacy at the Eighth World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery
Bistra Zheleva, Amy Verstappen, David M. Overman, Farhan Ahmad, Sulafa Ali, Zohair Y. Al Halees, Joumana Ghandour Atallah, Isabella E. Badhwar, Carissa M. Baker‐Smith, María Balestrini, Amy Basken, Jonah S. Bassuk, Lee Benson, Horacio Capelli, Santo Carollo, Devyani Chowdhury, Sertaç Çïçek, Mitchell I. Cohen, David S. Cooper, John Deanfield, Joseph A. Dearani, Blanca del Valle, Kathryn Dodds, Junbao Du, Frank Edwin, Ekanem N. Ekure, Nurun Nahar Fatema, Anu Gomanju, Babar Hasan, Lewis Henry, Christopher Hugo‐Hamman, Krishna Iyer, Marcelo Biscegli Jatene, Kathy J. Jenkins, Tara Karamlou, Tom R. Karl, James K. Kirklin, Christián Kreutzer, Raman Kumar, Keila N. Lopez, Alexis Palacios Macedo, Bradley S. Marino, Eva Miranda Marwali, Folkert J. Meijboom, Sandra da Silva Mattos, Hani K. Najm, Dan Newlin, William M. Novick, Sir Shakeel A. Qureshi, Budi Rahmat, Robert Raylman, İrfan Levent Saltık, Craig Sable, Néstor Sandoval, Anitá Saxena, Emma Scanlan, Gary F. Sholler, Jodi Smith, James D. St. Louis, Christo I. Tchervenkov, Koh Ghee Tiong, Vladimiro L. Vida, S. Vosloo, Douglas J. “DJ” Weinstein, James L. Wilkinson, Liesl Zühlke, Jeffrey P. Jacobs
Abstract
Abstract The Eighth World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery (WCPCCS) will be held in Washington DC, USA, from Saturday, 26 August, 2023 to Friday, 1 September, 2023, inclusive. The Eighth World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery will be the largest and most comprehensive scientific meeting dedicated to paediatric and congenital cardiac care ever held. At the time of the writing of this manuscript, The Eighth World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery has 5,037 registered attendees (and rising) from 117 countries, a truly diverse and international faculty of over 925 individuals from 89 countries, over 2,000 individual abstracts and poster presenters from 101 countries, and a Best Abstract Competition featuring 153 oral abstracts from 34 countries. For information about the Eighth World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, please visit the following website: [ www.WCPCCS2023.org ]. The purpose of this manuscript is to review the activities related to global health and advocacy that will occur at the Eighth World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery . Acknowledging the need for urgent change, we wanted to take the opportunity to bring a common voice to the global community and issue the Washington DC WCPCCS Call to Action on Addressing the Global Burden of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Diseases . A copy of this Washington DC WCPCCS Call to Action is provided in the Appendix of this manuscript. This Washington DC WCPCCS Call to Action is an initiative aimed at increasing awareness of the global burden, promoting the development of sustainable care systems, and improving access to high quality and equitable healthcare for children with heart disease as well as adults with congenital heart disease worldwide.