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Honouring Dr Jeremiah Stamler, father of preventive cardiology

12 September, 2022

Well renowned Cardiovascular researcher Professor Jeremiah Stamler, affectionately known as Jerry, passed away at the age of 102 earlier this year. He was one of the founders of the Ten Day epidemiology teaching seminar, created in 1968 with support from the International Society and Federation of Cardiology (now the World Heart Federation) Council on Epidemiology […]

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Monitoring progress on UHC and health-related SDGs in the WHO South-East Asia Region

7 September, 2022

This is a statement made at the 75th Session of the World Health Organization RCM for the SEARO Region. Honourable Chair, distinguished delegates, The World Heart Federation, supported by South East Asia Regional NCD Alliance (SEAR NCDA), Healthy India Alliance (HIA) and NCD Alliance (NCDA), welcome the Committee’s report. We commend its recognition of strong […]

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WHO Global Strategy on Health, Environment and Climate Change 2020−2030 in the South-East Asia Region

7 September, 2022

This is a statement made at the 75th Session of the World Health Organization RCM for the SEARO Region. Honourable Chair, Distinguished delegates, The World Heart Federation, South East Asia Regional NCD Alliance, Healthy India Alliance (India NCD Alliance) and the NCD Alliance, welcome the progress report on the regional plan of action for […]

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Monitoring progress and acceleration plan for NCDs in the WHO South-East Asia Region

7 September, 2022

This is a statement made at the 75th Session of the World Health Organization RCM for the SEARO Region. Honourable Chair, distinguished delegates, Thank you for the opportunity to deliver this statement by the World Heart Federation, South East Asia Regional NCD Alliance, Healthy India Alliance (India NCD Alliance) and the NCD Alliance. We welcome […]

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Strengthening health emergency preparedness and response in the WHO South-East Asia Region

7 September, 2022

This is a statement made at the 75th Session of the World Health Organization RCM for the SEARO Region. Honourable Chair, distinguished delegates, The World Heart Federation, supported by South East Asia Regional NCD Alliance, Healthy India Alliance and NCD Alliance, thank you for this opportunity to address the Regional Committee on one of the […]

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WHF Roundtables on hypertension in Accra, Ghana

5 September, 2022

From 31 August to 1 September, the Ghanaian Society of Cardiology (GSC), the Stroke Association Support Network – Ghana (SASNET-Ghana) in partnership with the World Heart Federation, brought together key stakeholders to discuss the barriers to hypertension management in the country and suggest pragmatic solutions to address them. The two-day roundtable discussion, which started in Accra […]

Charting cardiovascular care in a digital world

27 August, 2022

Digital health interventions (DHI) are here to stay, and they keep growing. By 2020, there were nearly 7 billion mobile phone and nearly 4 billion smartphone users. From text messaging platforms, mobile (mHealth) apps, telehealth consultations, and wearable devices, healthcare aided by digital tools has expanded, partly propelled by the COVID-19 pandemic, and with the […]

Addressing air pollution in the WHO African region

25 August, 2022

This is a statement made at the 72nd Session of the World Health Organization RCM for the AFRO Region on Agenda item 13: Updated regional strategy for the management of environmental determinants of human health in the African Region 2022–2032 (Document AFR/RC72/10 and Document AFR/RC72/WP1) The World Heart Federation applauds the introduction of an updated regional strategy […]

Addressing noncommunicable diseases in the WHO African region

25 August, 2022

This is a statement made at the 72nd Session of the World Health Organization RCM for the AFRO Region on Agenda item 7: PEN-Plus – A regional strategy to address severe noncommunicable diseases at first-level referral health facilities (Document AFR/RC72/4 and Document AFR/RC72/WP2) The endorsement of a PEN-Plus strategy for the African Region would be a […]

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Colours to Save Hearts programme: First-Year Report

9 August, 2022

In 2019, WHF designed an easy-to-print colouring book. It is a fun, educational resource that allows children to play and learn about the links between sore throats, rheumatic fever (RF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD), and the damage these can cause to heart valves. It aims to instill the right reflexes in children, their parents […]

Argentina Federation of Cardiology World Heart Grants 2021

World Heart Grants 2021: Argentine Federation of Cardiology

22 July, 2022

In 2021, during the COVID 19 pandemic, the Argentine Federation of Cardiology (FAC) developed a project to get even closer to the community, so that the message regarding the prevention of cardiovascular diseases reaches the homes of all Argentinians. The project was an important step for the institution according to the growth it has achieved […]