Author: whf manager
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Parties fighting global tobacco epidemic outline a path toward saving more lives, work needed to make it permanent
NEW DELHI, 12 November 2016 – Parties to the global tobacco control treaty now possess the outline of a path toward faster implementation at country level of the lifesaving measures…
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Hundreds of children screened for RHD in Egypt on the occasion of World Heart Day
To mark World Heart Day, over two hundred children and adults were screened for rheumatic heart disease in Asmarat, a suburb of Cairo, Egypt. The echocardiography screenings formed part of…
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WHF at the WHO Global Dialogue Meeting, Mauritius, 19-21 October
WHF President-Elect, Prof David Wood, and WHF Director of Policy & Advocacy, Jeremiah Mwangi, will next week be participating in the WHO Global Dialogue Meeting on the role of non-State…
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WHF Emerging Leaders TEXTCARE program chosen as 2016 Global Impact Challenge finalist
VOTE NOW TEXTCARE is a personalised text messaging program designed to support people with a whole range of chronic diseases. It uses complex algorithms to deliver SMS’s such as encouraging…
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BHF urges people to use Heart Age Tool to find out their risk of heart attack and stroke this World Heart Day
To mark World Heart Day, the BHF, Public Health England (PHE) and NHS Choices (NHSC) are encouraging people to use an innovative online tool to find out how old their…
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New International Diabetes Federation report on diabetes and CVD launches on World Heart Day
On World Heart Day, the International Diabetes Federation in Belgium has released a new report on diabetes and heart disease. The report examines the information available on the world-wide impact…
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WHF launches its World Heart Day global policy call
The call to policymakers and governments was made at 5pm on 22 September by WHF at the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Global Hearts Initiative meeting and comes one week ahead…
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The NCD Alliance announces the Second Global NCD Alliance Forum
The event is to be held from the 9-11 December 2017 under the patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher bint: the Founder and Patron of Friends of Cancer Patients (FoCP).…
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President Vázquez of Uruguay champions the NCD agenda
Yesterday in his address to the 71st United Nations General Assembly, Uruguay’s President Tabaré Vázquez’s called on the global community to unify to tackle the leading cause of death and…
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American Heart Association supports World Heart Day 2016
Thank you to World Heart Federation member AHA for all their incredible support of World Heart Day! View and share Yewande’s story To raise awareness of heart disease, take a…