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Statement by the Global Youth Strategy (GYS) on Air Pollution and Climate Health, supported by the World Heart Federation. Today on the International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies, people affected by and working to fight against air pollution, come together for clean air action. Too often we take our breathing for granted. The […]

Press release originally published here. INTERASPIRE, a groundbreaking international study, has revealed serious gaps in the implementation of guideline standards for secondary prevention and cardiac rehabilitation (CR) among patients with coronary heart disease (CHD). Conducted from 2020 to 2023, the study involved over 4,500 patients, principally admitted to hospital with an acute heart attack, across […]

Following the success of the Global Study on Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) and COVID-19, and to better understand long COVID, especially in low-resource settings, World Heart Federation (WHF) commenced the WHF Long COVID Sub-study in early 2022. This sub-study aimed to determine the short-term (3 months), medium-term (6 months), and long-term (12 months) sequelae of COVID-19, […]

PRESS RELEASE Geneva, 28 August 2024 – World Heart Federation (WHF) today launched a first assessment of efforts undertaken by cities to combat cardiovascular disease (CVD), the leading cause of death including premature death, worldwide. The City Heartbeat Index reveals a contrast in the different approaches taken to tackle threats to heart health, showing a […]

Help us motivate every country to have a national action plan for CVD!  Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the world’s biggest killer – responsible for more than 20.5 million deaths every year. Yet most countries still don’t prioritize heart health. National policies for cardiovascular disease are lacking, insufficient or simply don’t exist. Our new three-year World Heart Day campaign […]

The 2024 Emerging Leaders cohort, which includes candidates from 21 countries across 5 continents, has been announced The World Heart Federation created the WHF Salim Yusuf Emerging Leaders Programme to form and develop a long-term cadre of experts who collaborate, research, and act to reduce premature mortality from cardiovascular disease globally. The Programme, designed by […]

The World Heart Federation (WHF) proudly represented the global cardiovascular community at the Seventy-Seventh World Health Assembly, which successfully concluded on 1 June 2024.    WHF played a key role in leading two constituency statements on Universal Health Coverage and Climate Change and Health, calling on Member States to:   Expand coverage of essential health services for […]

This is a statement led by NCD Alliance and the World Heart Federation at the 77 World Health Assembly on Agenda item 15.3 We thank WHO and commend the report’s focus on building healthy ecosystems for healthy people. Physical inactivity is one of the most significant risk factors across NCDs. It increases relative risk of […]

This is a statement led by NCD Alliance and the World Heart Federation at the 77 World Health Assembly on Agenda item 11.7 We thank the WHO for the report, highlighting gaps to achieving SDG targets for reducing maternal and child mortality. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of maternal death. Detection and multidisciplinary care […]

This is a statement led by NCD Alliance and the World Heart Federation at the 77 World Health Assembly on Agenda item 15.4 This statement is made by the World Heart Federation on behalf of the Global Alliance for Tobacco Control, International College of Surgeons, International Diabetes Federation, International Federation of Biomedical Laboratory Science, International […]

The World Heart Federation is excited to celebrate World No Tobacco Day with the global cardiovascular health and tobacco control communities. Tobacco remains a significant, yet preventable, risk factor for cardiovascular disease, accounting for approximately 17% of all cardiovascular disease deaths. WHF believes that everyone everywhere – from childhood through adolescence and adulthood – has […]