NCD Alliance empowers the voices of NCD patients in two new short films
People living with NCDs are powerful agents of change, capable of leveraging their experiences to reach others, calling…
WHF joins Fight the Fakes to speak up about the dangers of fake medicines
Efforts to combat the spread of substandard and falsified medicines must be stepped up • Falsified medicines are…
WHF joins Global Alliance on Heart Failure and Healthy Aging
The World Heart Federation is proud to join the newly launched Global Alliance on Heart Failure and Healthy Aging (the…
Meet our Emerging Leaders: Hasan Al-Farhan, 2018
What led to your interest in medicine? Hasan: My passion to help people and reduce their suffering was…
2019 Emerging Leaders cohort: Heart failure and digital health approaches
The 2019 Emerging Leaders Seminar took place in Missenden Abbey, UK and brought together a team of Emerging…
Public health groups call on International Labour Organization to reject tobacco funding
Bangkok (30 October, 2019) – Global public health groups called on the ILO Governing Body to reject tobacco donations and…
Meet our Emerging Leaders: Lilian Mbau, 2017
I am a medical doctor and a public health practitioner with more than 12 years of experience, currently…
WHF welcomes new Air Pollution Expert Group
Following a call for applications in the summer of 2019, we are very excited to announce that ten…
Celebrating our Heart Heroes 2019: Dr Chuichi Kawai
On World Heart Day, we are celebrating Heart Heroes … people from all walks of life who have…
WHF releases new Advocacy Strategy for 2019-2022
The World Heart Federation has released its new Advocacy Strategy 2019-2020: Advocating like Investors. Why an Advocacy Strategy?…
Celebrating our Heart Heroes 2019: Anthony King
On World Heart Day, we are celebrating Heart Heroes … people from all walks of life who have…
Celebrating our Heart Heroes 2019: Anne Dalin
On World Heart Day, we are celebrating Heart Heroes … people from all walks of life who have…
Celebrating our Heart Heroes 2019: Brenda Cooperstone
On World Heart Day, we are celebrating Heart Heroes … people from all walks of life who have…
Wrapping up the UN General Assembly and High-Level Meeting on UHC
On 22 September world leaders met in New York for the United Nations General Assembly, a jam-packed week of…
Celebrating our Heart Heroes 2019: Walter
On World Heart Day, we are celebrating Heart Heroes … people from all walks of life who have…
WHF is pleased to partner with Withings on World Heart Day to increase awareness of CVD prevention
In recent years much has been done to improve mortality caused by the cardiovascular epidemic, but it remains…
Manulife employees unite across the globe to improve their heart health
Yesterday, in support of World Heart Day, thousands of Manulife employees joined forces to take part in the…
On World Heart Day, 29 September 2019, the World Heart Federation calls for heart health equity … because every heartbeat matters
Not all hearts are equal … but they should be WHF, our Members and Partners believe in a…
Disseminating National CVD Guidelines in Kenya
“Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are of social-economic importance, taking into account that CVD are the second cause of mortality…
Celebrating our Heart Heroes 2019: Dr Boris Cibic
On World Heart Day, we’re celebrating Heart Heroes … people from all walks of life who have shown…
Healthy Budgets, Healthy People: a discussion with Ministers of Finance on Fiscal Policies for Health
23 September 2019, New York: The UN High-Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage represents the last opportunity before…