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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Report warns cardiovascular disease in Africa is a “time bomb waiting to explode”
More air pollution monitoring and research across Africa is urgently needed to avoid cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) overtaking infectious diseases as the leading cause of death on the continent according to a new report. Experts from the Universities of Edinburgh and Essex, working in collaboration with the World Heart Federation, warn that a lack of monitoring […]
Air Pollution
Health emergency preparedness, response, and resilience in the WHO European Region 2024-2029
This joint statement was delivered by the European Heart Network and the World Heart Federation at the Seventy-Fourth Session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe SEVENTY-FOURTH SESSION OF THE WHO REGIONAL COMMITTEE FOR EUROPE AGENDA ITEM 10 Honourable Chair, Distinguished Delegates, The European Heart Network and World Heart Federation applaud WHO and its […]
Pandemic Preparedness
Framework for resilient and sustainable health systems in the WHO European Region 2025-2030
This joint statement was delivered by the European Heart Network and the World Heart Federation at the Seventy-Fourth Session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe SEVENTY-FOURTH SESSION OF THE WHO REGIONAL COMMITTEE FOR EUROPE AGENDA ITEM 9 Honourable Chair, Distinguished Delegates, The European Heart Network and World Heart Federation applaud WHO and its […]
Air Pollution
Climate Change
Climate change, the environment and health
WHF was represented by Dr. E. Ulysses Dorotheo, our Tobacco Expert Group member for WPRO, at the Seventy-Fifth Session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific SEVENTY-FIFTH SESSION OF THE WHO REGIONAL COMMITTEE FOR THE WESTERN PACIFIC AGENDA ITEM 14.3 Honourable Chair, Distinguished Delegates, The World Heart Federation applauds WHO and its […]
