5.7M
personas mueren cada año por ECV en el Pacífico Occidental
Las enfermedades cardiovasculares son la primera causa de muerte en el Pacífico Occidental, y representan casi el 40% de todos los fallecimientos.
La región también alberga la mayor carga mundial de cardiopatías reumáticas, que siguen siendo un importante problema sanitario en los países de renta baja y media de la Región del Pacífico Occidental, así como entre las comunidades indígenas de Australia y Nueva Zelanda.
personas mueren cada año por ECV en el Pacífico Occidental
Las ECV son la primera causa de muerte en la región
personas mueren cada año por cardiopatía reumática en la región
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The World Heart Federation represented its Members and the global cardiovascular community at the 79th World Health Assembly, which was held from 18 to 23 May 2026 in Geneva, Switzerland. Throughout the Health Assembly, WHF engaged with Member States, the World Health Organization, and civil society partners to call for stronger, more equitable, and more integrated action on cardiovascular health and other […]
This constituency statement was led and delivered by the World Heart Federation under agenda item 12.6 – Health in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development – at the Seventy-Ninth World Health Assembly. Honourable Chair, Distinguished Delegates, We note with concern that the world is significantly off course to achieve the health-related Sustainable Development Goals, […]