World cardiology leaders call for global action to reinvent randomised clinical trials
Sophia Antipolis, 16 December 2022: The current model for randomised clinical trials must be redesigned for the 21st…
World Heart Highlights 2022
Dear friends, The World Heart Highlights 2022 are here! They provide a quick overview of our joint achievements…
UHC Day: Ensuring equitable access to quality cardiovascular health services for everyone everywhere
On 23 September 2019, world leaders adopted the first United Nations Political Declaration on Universal Health Coverage at…
Five ingredients for better heart health
More than 500 million people live with cardiovascular disease (CVD), and more than 18 million succumb to it…
WHF Board Members win prestigous Alan Pifer Award for their research on women and heart health
WHF Past President Prof Karen Sliwa and Board Member Prof Liesl Zühlke have been awarded the University of…
World Heart Summit 2023 will be held in Geneva ahead of the World Health Assembly
We are thrilled to announce that the next edition of the World Heart Summit will take place in Geneva,…
Casting a lifeline to hearts in need
Established in 1951 with its headquarters in Albany, Georgia in the southern USA, The Mended Hearts, Inc. (MHI)…
WHF Member Salvando Latidos: Improving the quality of life of Mexicans
Salvando Latidos A.C. is a Mexican non-profit civil organization founded in 2018 focused on the prevention, care, diagnosis…
Colours to Save Heart engages community leaders in Maputo, Mozambique
Throughout the month of October, our partners in Mozambique organized a series of community outreach activities in the…
Preventing and controlling NCDs in the Western Pacific Region
This is a statement made at the seventy-third session of the World Health Organization Regional Committee for the…
Discussing the Future of Primary Health Care in the Western Pacific Region
This is a statement made at the seventy-third session of the World Health Organization Regional Committee for the…
International Pharmaceutical Federation publishes handbook on cardiovascular disease for pharmacists
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death worldwide, responsible for an estimated 18.6 million deaths every…
Advocating for cholesterol control: A World Heart Federation toolkit
Cardiovascular disease is responsible for an estimated 18.6 million deaths every year and remains the leading cause of…
2022 Emerging Leaders cohort: CVD and Infectious diseases
The 2022 Emerging Leaders Seminar took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina and brought together a team of Emerging…
World Amyloidosis Day: Supporting cardiomyopathy patients
Joel Rose is a charity professional and volunteer and has served as Chief Executive of Cardiomyopathy UK for the last seven…
Civil society engagement in the Global NCD Compact
On 21 September 2022, the President of Ghana, the Prime Minister of Norway, and WHO Director-General Dr Tedros…
12,000 hearts united for better cardiovascular care
Last week, more than 12,000 healthcare professionals, researchers and health advocates joined us in Rio de Janeiro for the 2022 World…
Announcing the WHF Board 2023-24
We are pleased to announce the results of the WHF Board Elections 2022, and welcome the newly-elected…
Cholesterol risks and remedies: A Roadmap to improve cardiovascular health
Increasingly, evidence is equipping us with ways to manage our blood cholesterol levels that can mitigate or prevent…
Four paths to better cardiovascular health: World Heart Vision 2030
Download the media release in Portuguese and Spanish. RIO DE JANEIRO, 13 October 2022 – With a shift…
The polypill could avoid millions of premature deaths, heart attacks and strokes every year, say leading cardiology experts
Global health has paid a deadly price for not using simple, low-cost blood pressure lowering drugs, statins and…