Author: whf manager
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Statement: Underscoring the importance of mass media campaigns to prevent NCDs in Jamaica and around the world
Update 1/5/2018: Wisynco Group Limited has withdrawn their lawsuit against the Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ). The World Heart Federation, together with the NCD Alliance, Coalición Latinoamérica Saludable, the Healthy…
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The Inter-American Society of Cardiology (SIAC) SIAComunidad campaign moves ahead
According to the plan, the first stage of the SIAComunidad campaign ‘For the American Heart’ has been completed and the campaign is moving forward! The following steps have been taken:…
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Healthy Caribbean Coalition – Childhood Obesity Prevention Petition
Research shows that 1 in every 3 Caribbean children is overweight or obese, putting them at risk for Type 2 Diabetes and high blood pressure and for heart disease, cancer and…
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Walk the Talk: The Health for All Challenge
On 20 May, the eve of the World Health Assembly (WHA), the World Health Organization is staging a major health promotion event in Geneva named Walk the Talk: the Health…
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MSF launches campaign to raise awareness of Chagas Disease
Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders launches a sensitization campaign to raise awareness about Chagas Disease The initiative targets people in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and the United States in advance…
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Emerging Leaders discuss essential medicines in Scientific American
Scientific American recently published an observation piece by two Emerging Leaders, Sandeep Kishore (2017) and Rajesh Vedanthan (2014) and WHF Senior Programme Adviser Mark Huffman. The article, entitled Expanding Global…
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Meet of the Certificate Course in Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke Cycle-I successfully organized by the Public Health Foundation of India
National experts and colleagues from the different organizations We are glad to share that the National Expert Consultation Meet of Certificate Course in Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke (CCCS) Cycle-I was…
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WHF participated in the SCS 30th Annual Scientific Meeting
The World Heart Federation participated in the Singapore Cardiac Society (SCS) 30th Annual Scientific Meeting in Singapore, this past 7 – 8 April. The conference, organized under the theme “Future of Cardiology…
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WHF participates in first African Heart Network Meeting
The African Heart Network hosted its first meeting on 29-31 March in Sousse, Tunisia, in collaboration with the Tunisian Heart Foundation. The meeting was well attended, with over 200 delegates…
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Calling for universal health coverage on World Health Day!
Every year since 1950, the World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners have celebrated World Health Day on 7 April as an opportunity to raise awareness of global health issues.…