World Heart Connect
Our new platform for virtual events, live and on-demand.
World Heart ConnectIn line with our mission to stimulate and promote the exchange of information, ideas and practices across borders, we offer a range of opportunities for people of all backgrounds to develop their skills and increase their knowledge of cardiovascular conditions and risk factors.
Emerging Leaders Programme
The WHF Salim Yusuf Emerging Leaders Programme provides training and networking opportunities in cardiovascular health policy and implementation science for healthcare practitioners, researchers, and global health advocates.
Learn moreNCD Academy
NCD Academy is an on-demand certificate programme which provides training on noncommunicable disease (NCD) prevention and management for primary care providers. NCD Academy equips clinicians, nurses and community health workers with the knowledge they need to effectively manage NCDs in their communities. Available online and completely free, it features a growing suite of online certificate programmes on all the major NCDs, including cardiovascular disease and stroke.
Learn moreHeart to Heart
Inviting conversation to change our ways and beat CVD
Heart-to-Heart is a series of debates which bring together expert voices from different sectors and disciplines around the world. As the leader of the global heart community, we want to open a conversation about changing our ways as societies and individuals to beat cardiovascular disease. And as CVD continues to be the biggest cause of death on the planet, it’s the world’s most urgent conversation to have.
Learn moreMeet & Share Workshops
Open to all WHF Members, our virtual Meet & Share Workshops provides a unique opportunity for experts, CEOs, influencers, managers, and leaders of foundations, societies and associations across all continents to come together and share experiences, showcase successes and discuss challenges in combating heart disease around the world.
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Positioning Health as a Foundation for Social and Economic Development
This constituency statement was led and delivered by NCD Alliance, with contributions from the World Heart Federation, under agenda item 26 – Economics of Health for All – at the 158th session of the WHO Executive Board. Distinguished delegates, We welcome WHO’s strategy on the Economics of Health for All. The strategy rightly positions […]
Noncommunicable Diseases
Advancing Well-Being through Action on the Determinants of NCDs
This constituency statement was led and delivered by the World Heart Federation under agenda item 23 – Well-Being and Health Promotion – at the 158th session of the WHO Executive Board. This statement is delivered by the World Heart Federation on behalf of… World Stroke Organization (WSO) International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) International […]
Noncommunicable Diseases
Leaving No One Behind: Integrating NCDs into Health Emergencies and Humanitarian Settings
This constituency statement was led and delivered by the World Heart Federation under agenda item 16 – WHO’s Work in Health Emergencies – at the 158th session of the WHO Executive Board. This statement is delivered by the World Heart Federation on behalf of… World Stroke Organization (WSO) Global Alliance for Tobacco Control (GATC) International Society […]
Noncommunicable Diseases
Strengthening Primary Healthcare as a Foundation for NCD Prevention and Care
This constituency statement was led and delivered by NCD Alliance, with contributions from the World Heart Federation, under agenda item 10 – Primary Healthcare – at the 158th session of the WHO Executive Board. Distinguished delegates, Primary health care can deliver over 90% of the interventions needed to achieve UHC, making it central to the […]
Primary Health Care
