WORLD HEART DAY: Straight from the heart — Professor Karen Sliwa-Hahnle’s cardiac care crusade

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Professor Karen Sliwa-Hahnle shares frontline insights from decades in public service on Africa’s silent killer – hypertension – and why a simple blood pressure check could save your life. Also, her plan for olive oil and plastic, if she were president.

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