Author: whf manager
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WHF launches Report on Hypertension Roadmap implementation in Kenya
On 30 January 2019, at the Prince Mahidol Award Conference in Bangkok, Thailand, the World Heart Federation (WHF) launched a new report titled Accelerating Cardiovascular Health and Care in Kenya. The report…
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WHF signs open letter urging WHO to reject partnership with tobacco companies
More than 200 organizations and individuals from around the world signed an open letter sent today to the Director General and Executive Board of the World Health Organization (WHO) to urge them…
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WHF and Partners say no to tobacco industry policy interference
On 24 January 2019, the first day of the 144th session of the Executive Board, the Philip Morris-funded ‘Foundation for a Smoke-free World’ issued an open letter to the WHO Executive Board.…
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26 January 2019 is International Kawasaki Disease Awareness Day!
On International Kawasaki Disease Awareness Day, Societi Foundation calls for awareness and action to combat this, the leading cause of acquired heart disease in children. The key and urgent messages…
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Global Heart welcomes new Editor-in-Chief
Global Heart is the principal journal for research, opinion and educational material on the prevention, treatment and control of cardiovascular diseases with a special emphasis on countries with middle and lower…
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European Heart Journal Cardiopulse features our new WHF President Prof Karen Sliwa
Our new World Heart Federation (WHF) President Prof Karen Sliwa was featured an issue of the European Heart Journal Cardiopulse after she was elected in June 2016, outlining her background,…
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Happy New Year 2019 with a look back on 2018
Happy New Year from all of us at WHF! We hope that you had a lovely holiday season and you will be blessed with much heart health in 2019. We…
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PHFI announces eLearning courses: ePost Graduate Program in Health Promotion & eCourse on Tobacco Control (eCTC)
The Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) is a public-private initiative that has collaboratively evolved as a response to redress the limited institutional capacity in India for strengthening training, research…
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Country-specific costs of implementing the WHO FCTC tobacco control policies and potential financing sources
PLOS ONE recently published a paper by members of the 2016 Emerging Leaders cohort, which looks at the costs of implementing the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in specific…
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Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases publishes Hypertension Programme Report
“As the pace of global health challenges accelerates, so too must our ability to respond. These challenges include an aging global population, a geographic shift from rural to urban areas,…