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World Heart Grants 2025 winners announced
We are thrilled to announce the 10 WHF Member organisations selected to receive World Heart Grants of up to CHF 2,000 for World Heart Day 2025 activations, including media campaigns, fundraising…
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From Commitment to Implementation: Accelerating Cardiovascular Action in the Americas Beyond the UN HLM
This statement was delivered by Ms. Fernanda de Carvalho, our Advocacy Committee member for PAHO, at the Seventy-Seventh Session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Americas. PLAN OF…
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WHF Comment: Outcome of the UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs and Mental Health in New York
It is truly regretful that a couple of governments did not join the majority who chose to endorse the UN’s Political Declaration on Non-Communicable Diseases and Mental Health, particularly on…
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WHF UN High-Level Meeting Statement on Health Systems Strengthening and Financing for NCDs
This statement was prepared by the World Heart Federation in response to the UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs panel discussion on Reshaping and Strengthening Health Systems and All Forms of…
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WHF President Prof. Jagat Narula Delivers Key Statement at UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs and Mental Health
This statement was delivered by Prof. Jagat Narula, President of the World Heart Federation, at the UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs in response to the panel discussion on Tackling the…
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World Heart Federation launches film series Beats of Change, produced by BBC StoryWorks
Watch videos Heart disease remains the world’s leading cause of death. Yet its impact is not evenly felt. In every country, in every community, there are people whose journey toward…
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FH Awareness Day 2025
The World Heart Federation (WHF) is proud to stand with the international cardiovascular and FH communities in celebrating FH Awareness Day 2025. Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH) is widely recognized as one…
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Triple single-pill combinations and GLP-1 agonists: World Health Organization calls them “essential”. Will the world listen?
Gautam Satheesh, 2024 Emerging Leader Gautam Satheesh is a Doctoral Researcher at the University of Sydney in Australia and a Research Associate at The George Institute for Global Health, India. Gautam…
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A gamechanger for tackling CVDs: The Roadmap to scale up single pill combination therapies
Medical advances in the last two decades—including novel therapeutics, the use of artificial intelligence to support diagnosis, and innovative models of care such as telemedicine—have helped countries make tremendous progress…
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Nancy Brown: A Legacy of Leadership and Impact
The World Heart Federation (WHF) is honoring Nancy Brown, chief executive officer of the American Heart Association, with its Lifetime Achievement Award for 2025. This prestigious recognition is a testament…