ICCPR Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Foundations Certification (CRFC) Scholarship
The International Council of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation (ICCPR) brings together national cardiac rehabilitation associations from across the globe to establish cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation, and to support both low-to-middle and high-income countries to establish and augment, respectively, programs of cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation (adapted to local needs and conditions) to ensure broader access to these proven services.
SOLVE-CHD is proud to offer scholarships to obtain ICCPR Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Foundations Certification to recipients across the globe.
This certification will provide health care providers and students the knowledge on how to deliver the core cardiac rehabilitation components according to ICCPR’s consensus statement on cardiac rehabilitation in low-resource settings.
Special thanks to Prof Julie Redfern, Prof Robyn Gallagher and Prof Sherry Grace for this joint initiative! SOLVE-CHD is extremely pleased with this extraordinary international outreach!
Congratulations to the scholarship awardees:
2023
- Das Bijoy, Bangladesh
- Junneshwar Bidve, India
- Akilou Abdouramane Moussa, Niger
- Alice Namanja, Malawi
- Michelle Pascale Young Hewstone, Chile
- Paz Bahamondes, Chile
- Maryam Qureshi, Pakistan
- Sasikala Natarajan, Qatar
- Sidra Farooq, Pakistan
- Sharifah Aminah Az-Zahrah, Malaysia
- Koeke Florence Epse Manyim, Cameroon
- Dilshad Hunain Al Arabia, Pakistan
- Kimba Souley, Niger
- Ngone Diaba Gaye, Senegal
- Camila Alvarado Piñeiro, Chile
- Simplice Gibuin Ngatchou, Cameroon
- Manisha Hinduja, India
- Nurhasyimah Binti Hisamud-Din, Malaysia
- Dipika Kolhe, India
- Priya Singh, India
- Mahwish Fiza, Pakistan
- Sana Salim, Pakistan
- Gayatri Jere, India
- Madhura Patil, India
- Nidhi Ranka, India
- Jacques Martiz, South Africa
- Lilian Mbau, Kenya
- Mudasir Rasid, India
- Chetan Pawar, India
- Harsh Patel, India
2022
- Ana Paula Delgado Bomtempo Batalha, Brazil
- Mohammad Mehdi Hadavi, Iran
- Mega Febrianora, Indonesia
- Hamidreza Roohaza, Iran
- Masoumeh Sadeghi, Iran
- Dr. Adan Shabbir Ali Qazi, Pakistan
- Dr. Saleha Shah (PT), Pakistan
- Umbreen Azhar, Pakistan
- Kiran Amir Ali Amir Ali, Pakistan
- Mariya Jiandani, India
- Priya Chockalingam, India
- Juan Sarmiento, Colombia
- Jorge Lara Vargas, México
- Abdul Hayee, Pakistan
- Qurat ul ain Mohtasim, Pakistan
- Paulina Lizbeth Rodriguez, México
- Be Kim Leong, Malaysia
- Khushboo Bhatt, India
- Eduardo Alfonso Leyva Valadez, México
- Amar Rana, Nepal
- Anjali Zende, India
- Narayan Subedi, Nepal
Australian Rollout
As part of the Australian Cardiac Rehabilitation Quality Initiative, SOLVE-CHD partnered with the Australian Cardiovascular Health and Rehabilitation Association (ACRA) in 2024 to roll out the CRFC course nationally to cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programs across Australia.
This collaboration is helping strengthen national capacity by:
- Providing formal certification in delivering core CR components
- Supporting alignment and quality across CR services
- Offering the course free of charge to ACRA members (funded by ACRA)
By July 2025, we’ve supported 210 ACRA members through this initiative, with clinicians from 200 out of 366 CR programs across the country signing up for the course. This rollout reflects our shared commitment to ensuring all Australians have access to high-quality, evidence-based cardiac rehabilitation.
Testimonials
The motivation that this recognition has generated for the entire Cardiofit team drives us to commitment and persist on the first great objective for which we started this cardiovascular rehabilitation center together, the reason for our profession: the well-being of our patients.
Dr Jorge A. Lara Vargas
CEO Cardiofit
The application of diet and psychology in cardiac rehabilitation is under utilised in India and it’s importance understated, especially for a physiotherapist. This course gave me framework for understanding and application of these aspects to deliver improved outcomes for my patients.
Khushboo Bhatt
Physiotherapist
Hear about what Dr Priya Chockalingam from Cardiac Wellness Institute thought about the ICCPR CRFC Scholarship opportunity