SASNET GHANA urges action to prioritize CVD prevention and control
Last year, the Stroke Association Support Network-Ghana (SASNET GHANA) launched a national campaign aiming at identifying policy gaps…
World Congress of Cardiology 2022 will be held in Brazil
The most important event in cardiology returns to Rio de Janeiro after 24 years; the last time WCC…
WHF launches a new partnership to help end Rheumatic Heart Disease
Geneva. 15 June 2021. Major health groups have joined forces to combat a largely ignored but preventable heart…
PHFI announces eLearning courses 2021-2022 on health promotion and tobacco control
Applications are now open for the 2021-2022 eLearning courses of the Health Promotion Division at the Public Health…
Highlights from the 74th World Health Assembly
The 74th World Health Assembly (WHA74), under the theme “Ending this pandemic, preventing the next: building together a healthier, safer and fairer…
Taking a stance on cholesterol to curb heart disease
Cholesterol – that waxy substance that is a type of blood fat or lipid – is mostly made…
WHF announces new conflict of interest policy on tobacco
On World No Tobacco Day, the World Heart Federation has launched a new initiative to address tobacco industry…
Addressing patient safety at #WHA74
This is a statement made at the 74th session of the World Health Assembly on Agenda item 13.1: Global action on…
Addressing social determinants of health at #WHA74
This is a statement made at the 74th session of the World Health Assembly on Agenda item 22.1: Social…
When an irregular heartbeat is something more: the WHF Roadmap on Atrial Fibrillation
The heart’s two upper chambers (atria), and two lower chambers (ventricles), beat in coordinated motion to carry oxygen-rich…
Leading cardiovascular organizations call for global action to end the tobacco epidemic
Geneva, 26 May 2021 – Tobacco use continues to be a primary contributor to the global burden of…
How can data help us defeat the world’s biggest killer?
COVID-19 has made everyone – even the most skeptical – realize how data, digital technology, and AI are…
Addressing the burden of rheumatic heart disease at #WHA74
This is a statement made at the 74th session of the World Health Assembly on Agenda item 16: Committing…
Addressing circulatory health and COVID-19 at #WHA74
This is a statement made at the 74th session of the World Health Assembly on Agenda item 17:…
Addressing diabetes and access to insulin at #WHA74
This is a statement made at the 74th session of the World Health Assembly on Agenda item 13.3:…
Addressing oral health and NCDs at #WHA74
This is a statement made at the 74th session of the World Health Assembly on Agenda item 13.2:…
WHF partners with LoSalt® in bid to tackle hypertension
In the wake of World Hypertension Day, we are delighted to announce our partnership with LoSalt®, the UK’s…
WHF film about RHD in Mozambique wins special prize at the Health for All Film Festival
Our film The Beat of Change: Rheumatic Heart Disease in Mozambique, which tells the story of a young…
The cost of saving lives: a step forward in the elimination of Rheumatic Heart Disease
A first of its kind study about the cost and benefit of investment in the prevention and management…
Prevention and Management of RHD in the African Union: Interview with Prof Karen Sliwa
Interview on “The Investment Case for the Prevention and Management of Rheumatic Heart Disease in the African Union…
Prevention and Management of RHD in the African Union: Interview with Dr Gene Bukhman
Interview on “The Investment Case for the Prevention and Management of Rheumatic Heart Disease in the African Union…