Author: mzelenkovski
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New report: Hong Kong, London and Madrid top City Heartbeat Index, a heart health benchmark of 50 cities worldwide
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, 28 August 2024 – World Heart Federation (WHF) today launched a first assessment of efforts undertaken by cities to combat cardiovascular disease (CVD), the leading cause of…
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World Heart Day 2024: USE ❤️ FOR ACTION
Help us motivate every country to have a national action plan for CVD! Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the world’s biggest killer – responsible for more than 20.5 million deaths every year. Yet…
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2024 Emerging Leaders cohort announced
The 2024 Emerging Leaders cohort, which includes candidates from 21 countries across 5 continents, has been announced The World Heart Federation created the WHF Salim Yusuf Emerging Leaders Programme to…
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Advocating for Heart Health at WHA77
The World Heart Federation (WHF) proudly represented the global cardiovascular community at the Seventy-Seventh World Health Assembly, which successfully concluded on 1 June 2024. WHF played a key role in…
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Promoting Health at #WHA77: Combating Physical Inactivity for Global Well-being
This is a statement led by NCD Alliance and the World Heart Federation at the 77 World Health Assembly on Agenda item 15.3 We thank WHO and commend the report’s…
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#WHA77: Strengthening Cardiovascular Care for Maternal Health
This is a statement led by NCD Alliance and the World Heart Federation at the 77 World Health Assembly on Agenda item 11.7 We thank the WHO for the report,…
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Advancing Global Health and Climate Action at #WHA77: A Unified Call for Urgent Measures
This is a statement led by NCD Alliance and the World Heart Federation at the 77 World Health Assembly on Agenda item 15.4 This statement is made by the World…
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Protecting Hearts, Safeguarding Futures
The World Heart Federation is excited to celebrate World No Tobacco Day with the global cardiovascular health and tobacco control communities. Tobacco remains a significant, yet preventable, risk factor for…
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WHF LEADS CONSTITUENCY STATEMENT ON UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE AT #WHA77
This statement is made by the World Heart Federation on behalf of the Global Alliance for Tobacco Control, International College of Surgeons, International Diabetes Federation, International Federation of Biomedical Laboratory…
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Examining Progress on the Political Declaration for Non-Communicable Diseases Prevention at #wha77
This is a statement led by NCD Alliance and the World Heart Federation at the 77th World Health Assembly on Agenda item 11.2 Distinguished delegates, We welcome the update but…