Author: whf manager
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WHF joins the European Heart Network’s (EHN) 25th anniversary celebrations
Left to right: David Wood, President WHF; Susanne Løgstrup, Director EHN; Simon Gillespie, President EHN; Jean-Luc Eisele, CEO WHF The European Heart Network (EHN) celebrated their 25th anniversary on…
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Interview with Emerging Leaders at WCC Mexico
WCC TV catches up with Mark Huffman, the WHF Scientific Programme Committee Co-chair to learn about how the World Heart Federation brings up young leaders through their Program. Their hope…
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The 17th World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH) to be held in Africa
The 17th World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH) to be held in Africa, where tobacco industry interference is endemic, for the first time. Organizers of the conference, which will…
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Global Coalition for Circulatory Health – Partners welcome!
WHF invites any professional global, regional, and national civil society organizations with a role in circulatory health to register their interest in joining the Global Coalition for Circulatory Health. The Global…
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Resources for the Emerging Leaders Programme now available
The Emerging Leaders website now has a Resources page where you will be able to find all the latest resources and papers related to the Emerging Leaders Programme. This includes…
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WHF attends WHO Special Session of the Executive Board
From 22-23 November, WHF participated in a Special Session of the WHO Executive Board in Geneva, Switzerland, held to discuss the Draft 13th General Programme of Work (GPW13) for the…
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Cholesterol roundtable held in Madrid, Spain together with the Fundación Española del Corazón (Spanish Heart Foundation) and Fundación Hipercolesterolemia Familiar
On November 27, 2017, the World Heart Federation met together with a multi-stakeholder group of experts representing different scientific bodies and patient associations, and the Deusto Business School Health (DBS…
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President David Wood speaks about the WHF as its 40th anniversary approaches
As the World Heart Federation prepares to mark its 40th anniversary in 2018, President David Wood speaks to the European Heart Journal about the WHF’s growing international reach and its…
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WHF and Colombian Society of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery hold a Cholesterol roundtable in Colombia
On November 16, 2017, the World Heart Federation, Colombian Society of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery (Sociedad Colombiana de Cardiología), Ministry of Health, and Academy & Civil Society of Colombia convened…
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WHF participates in a Special Session of the WHO Executive Board
WHO Headquarters during the Sixty-eight World Health Assembly, Palais des Nations, Geneva. Photo by Violaine Martin. From 22-23 November 2017, the World Heart Federation will participate in a Special Session…