Just one in 12 ischemic heart disease patients globally can get rehab to prevent another event, according to…
World Heart Day takes place on 29th September every year and is the World Heart Federation‘s and the…
What led to your interest in health? I started my career as a demographer, mainly interested in reproductive…
The Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) is a public private initiative that has collaboratively evolved as a…
In recent years, air pollution and its impact on people’s health has become a significant issue on the…
The 2019 Emerging Leaders cohort, which includes candidates from 18 countries across 5 continents, has been announced. The WHF Salim…
[Spanish version below] Delegates at the 72nd World Health Assembly (WHA) have today approved the creation of a…
Chagas Disease affects more than 7 million people worldwide, but only 1 in 10 are diagnosed and less than 1% receive treatment. When left…
On 25 May last year, the World Health Organization and its Member States took a momentous step as…
On 6 March, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced the details of far-reaching organisational reform and the…
On 20 April, the President of the UN General Assembly and the World Health Organization (WHO) convened an…
The burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and cardiovascular diseases (CVD) is significant in Kenya, where heart diseases cause…
What motivated you to enter the field of medicine? Marie : I embarked on medical studies because of…
Along with Resolve to Save Lives, NCD Alliance, and the American Heart Association, WHF has added our voice to…
The International Society of Nephrology (ISN), a member of the Global Coalition for Circulatory Health, held its biannual…
Sophia Antipolis, 15 April 2019: Heart disease remains the world’s leading cause of death, and today top European…
[English] The people affected by Chagas disease will claim this 14th of April as World Chagas Day in…
Discover another inspiring Emerging Leader story… Kamilu Karaye, a member of the 2014 cohort, shares his experience. As a…
Ottawa/Geneva, April 7, 2019 – Heart disease, hypertension and stroke, and associated conditions such as kidney diseases and…
GENEVA/WASHINGTON (March 18, 2019) — The American College of Cardiology and the World Heart Federation will jointly host…
Today is International Women’s Day, an opportunity to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women, as…
