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.
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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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World Heart Federation Appoints Borjana Pervan as Chief Executive Officer
The World Heart Federation (WHF) is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms Borjana Pervan as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective 1 June 2026. Ms Pervan brings over two decades of service spanning global health, environment, human rights, and child protection. She has served as Chief Operating Officer and Deputy CEO of the World […]
Designed to Addict: Newer Tobacco and Nicotine Products Are a Threat to Cardiovascular Health
The World Heart Federation (WHF) is proud to celebrate World No Tobacco Day – under the banner Unmasking the Appeal: Countering Tobacco and Nicotine Addiction – together with the global cardiovascular health and tobacco control communities. Tobacco use and exposure to second-hand emissions are responsible for over 7 million deaths each year. Tobacco remains a […]
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WHF calls for stronger action on cardiovascular health at the 79th World Health Assembly
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 […]
Placing NCDs and Cardiovascular Disease at the Heart of the 2030 Agenda
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, […]
