Author: whf manager
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Polypill News: April 2016
Your regular news update on what’s happening with fixed dose combination drugs (‘polypills’) for preventing cardiovascular events To subscribe to Polypill News and receive this newsletter direct, please email communications@worldheart.org…
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8 out of 10 heart attack survivors failed to recognize their symptoms, finds new BHF survey of more than 500
World Heart Federation member the British Heart Foundation (BHF) has today released the results of a survey of 500 heart attack survivors. This found that 80% did not recognize that…
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World Health Day Launch Event – Diabetes
Today, the World Heart Federation advocacy team attended the launch event for World Health Day, which saw the WHO issue a call to action on diabetes. The launch took place…
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World Health Day 2016 focus on beating diabetes
The theme for today’s World Health Day 2016 is diabetes, a non-communicable disease (NCD) that is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and has a direct impact on over…
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Only two months to go for the World Congress of Cardiology & Cardiovascular Health 2016 in Mexico City!
Scientific programme now online! The complete list of WCC sessions is now available here. Browse through hundreds of talks from world leaders in heart health, including Presidents…
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Today is World TB Day: Unite to end tuberculosis
The World Health Organization is calling on countries and partners to ‘Unite to End Tuberculosis. With 43 million lives saved since 2000, there has been significant progress in the battle…
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Member of the month: Heart Friends Around The World
with Dr Khawer Naveed Siddiqui, President Affiliated to the World Heart Federation since 1994 and founded by Dr Flavio Burgarella, Heart Friends Around The World (HFATW) is an international movement…
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Singapore Parliament bans display of tobacco products in shops
The new point-of-sale display ban, passed by the Singapore Parliament on 14 March, will take effect after a one-year grace period and aims to ‘de-normalise’ tobacco use and to reduce…
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Reducing the burden of NCDs in fragile environments
On 3-4 March, over 200 leaders from the business, humanitarian, health and academic sectors gathered at an event organized by the Global Partnership for Humanitarian Impact and Innovation (GPHI2) in…
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UK announces plans for sugar tax to be implemented in 2017
Yesterday, UK Chancellor of the Exchequor George Osborne announced plans for a sugar tax to be introduced in 2015, with the £520 million levy to be spent on doubling the…