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The Salim Yusuf Emerging Leaders Programme was created by the World Heart Federation to form and develop a long-term cadre of experts who collaborate, research, and act to reduce premature mortality from cardiovascular disease (CVD) globally.

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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 […]