Author: whf manager
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Letter to G7 Health Experts Working Group – UHC Prevention is better than response
Signed by 176 organizations including the World Heart Federation, this letter urges the G7 Health Experts Working Group to support UHC Letter from participants of the G7 Civil Society…
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New CSPI report looks at soda industry tactics in low- and middle-income countries
Released on 9 February, ‘Carbonating the World’ is a new report from the Center for Science in the Public interest (CSPI) that examines how the soda industry is borrowing tactics…
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Global Cardiovascular Nursing Leadership Forum launches today
World Heart Federation member the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association (PCNA) International Committee, along with individuals and organizations from across the globe, have come together to create the Global Cardiovascular Nursing…
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Celebrate National Wear Red Day….today!
Support World Heart Federation Strategic Partner the American Heart Association’s (AHA) Go Red for Women campaign. Wear red and share your photos on Twitter using #GoRedWearRed. Why…
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WHF at the WHO Executive Board Meeting: a round-up of the week’s activities
World Heart Federation (WHF) Advocacy staff have spent the week at the World Health Organization (WHO) Geneva Executive Board: 138th session. Here we bring you a brief summary of our activities…
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WHF intervention on addressing the global shortage of medicines, and safety and access of children’s medicines at the WHO Executive Board Meeting
On 28 January, World Heart Federation’s Alastair White delivered a statement on the Health Systems agenda item at the 138th Session of the World Health Organization Executive Board in Geneva.…
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We have a moral, social and economic responsibility to consign RHD to the history books
Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a disease of the world’s poorest, most vulnerable communities and its widespread neglect has caused untold human suffering. Johanna Ralston, CEO, World Heart Federation…
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WHF intervention on Migrant Health at the WHO Executive Board Meeting
On 28 January, World Heart Federation’s Alastair White delivered a statement on the Migrant Health agenda item at the 138th Session of the World Health Organization Executive Board in Geneva.…
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American Heart Association releases statement on WHO ECHO report
American Heart Association releases statement on WHO ECHO report The following statement on the new WHO Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity (ECHO) report is from Nancy Brown, CEO of…
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WHF intervention on the Global Strategy on Women, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health at the WHO Executive Board Meeting
On 27 January, American Heart Association Vice President Dr Kathryn Taubert delivered a statement on the Global Strategy on Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health agenda item at the 138th Session…