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Last year, the Stroke Association Support Network-Ghana (SASNET GHANA) launched a national campaign aiming at identifying policy gaps and priority areas of intervention to reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD). The campaign, which took place in the lead-up to World Heart Day 2020, received the support of the World Heart Federation through the World […]

The most important event in cardiology returns to Rio de Janeiro after 24 years; the last time WCC came to South America was in Argentina, 2008 The event, which will be hosted by the World Heart Federation and the Brazilian Society of Cardiology, aims to raise awareness of the prevention and treatment of risk factors […]

Geneva. 15 June 2021. Major health groups have joined forces to combat a largely ignored but preventable heart disease that affects more than 39 million people worldwide – as many or more than the number of people living with HIV AIDS — and claims more than 290,000 lives each year. In Africa, Colours to Save […]

Applications are now open for the 2021-2022 eLearning courses of the Health Promotion Division at the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI). PHFI is a public-private initiative that has collaboratively evolved through consultations with multiple constituencies, including Indian and international academia, state and central governments, multi & bi-lateral agencies and civil society groups. The courses […]

The 74th World Health Assembly (WHA74), under the theme “Ending this pandemic, preventing the next: building together a healthier, safer and fairer world”, concluded this week, with Member States adopting more than 30 resolutions and decisions on diabetes, noncommunicable diseases, patient safety, neglected tropical diseases, oral health, local production of medicines, social determinants of health, and the healthcare workforce, among others. Of particular […]

Cholesterol –  that waxy substance that is a type of blood fat or lipid – is mostly made by our own bodies and the rest, we get from food. Our tissues, skin, and hormones all benefit from cholesterol which gets around the body, attached to proteins. Trouble arises, however, when low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol is […]

On World No Tobacco Day, the World Heart Federation has launched a new initiative to address tobacco industry interference in science and research. Tobacco remains the single largest preventable cause of disease and death in the world. The tobacco industry has a long history of systematic and deliberate interference in health and regulatory sciences. By […]

This is a statement made at the 74th session of the World Health Assembly on Agenda item 13.1: Global action on patient safety by the International Alliance of Patients Organizations, International Atherosclerosis Society, International Diabetes Federation, International Ergonomics Association, International Hospital Federation, World Federation of Public Health Associations, World Heart Federation, International Society of Nephrology and World Organization of […]

This is a statement made at the 74th session of the World Health Assembly on Agenda item 22.1: Social Determinants of Health on behalf of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC),  the World Heart Federation and the NCD Alliance. Thank you for the opportunity to deliver this statement on behalf of UICC, WHF, and NCDA. We welcome the […]

The heart’s two upper chambers (atria), and two lower chambers (ventricles), beat in coordinated motion to carry oxygen-rich blood and other nutrients around the whole body. In people with cardiac arrythmia, this coordination is disrupted and can become life-threatening. The most common form of arrythmia is Atrial Fibrillation (AF), also called AFiB, affecting more than […]

Geneva, 26 May 2021 – Tobacco use continues to be a primary contributor to the global burden of disease, causing an estimated 12% of deaths worldwide among people aged 30 and over. Four leading cardiovascular organizations – American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology, European Society of Cardiology and World Heart Federation – today released […]