Author: whf manager
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Johanna Ralston highlights key themes, events and announcements from WCC 2016
Last week the World Heart Federation had the honour of hosting our biennial World Congress of Cardiology & Cardiovascular Health in Mexico City. Thank you to everyone – from our…
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Dr Salim Yusuf closes WCC 2016 with a call for accelerated global action to tackle endemic cardiovascular disease
On 7 June, the World Heart Federation’s World Congress of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Health (WCC 2016) concluded with a rallying call for individuals, heart societies and policy makers around the…
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Tackling the CVD/NCD Epidemic in the developing world
At a WCC 2016 plenary session on 6 June, Professor Krisela Steyn from the University of Cape Town addressed the issue of health systems for NCD prevention in developing countries.…
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Global experts call for stronger tobacco control laws to save millions of lives per year
Experts from around the world have come together at the World Heart Federation’s World Congress of Cardiology & Cardiovascular Health to call for more to be done to fight tobacco…
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Invictus, the biggest ever rheumatic disease patient programme, launches at WCC 2016
Cardiovascular experts from South Africa and Canada have today announced plans to perform the largest ever global studies of patients with rheumatic heart disease (RHD), a disease which currently kills…
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Karen Sliwa elected as World Heart Federation President-Elect
Last night at the World Congress of Cardiology & Cardiovascular Health 2016, we held our General Assembly, during which election were held for several positions, including that of World Heart…
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CVD Roadmap on Tobacco Control presented and implementation of the global tobacco control treaty in Latin America discussed at WCC 2016
Yesterday at the World Congress of Cardiology & Cardiovascular Health, Eduardo Bianco from the Framework Convention Alliance presented the World Heart Federation’s CVD Roadmap on Tobacco Control. The CVD Roadmap…
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Ten pillars for the Africa roadmap to achieve 25% control rate of hypertension by 2025
Today at WCC 2016, the Pan-African Society of Cardiology (PASCAR) presented their ten pillars for the Africa roadmap which has as its goal a 25% control rate of hypertension in…
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View the latest interviews with our experts at WCC on WCC TV
During WCC 2016 we have our own TV channel playing in the Congress Center and hotels. You can now watch some of the latest clips by clicking on the links.…
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World Congress of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Health 2016 opening ceremony
In Mexico City yesterday evening (4 June 2016), researchers, cardiologists, policymakers and health leaders from around the world came together to mark the beginning of the World Heart Federation’s World…