WHO World No Tobacco Day 2018 Awards – European Region: British Heart Foundation, United Kingdom
Thea Emmerling (Head of the EC’s tobacco control Unit), Luminita Hayes (WHO), John Maingay (BHF), Christian Buşoi (MEP)…
Submit your nominations for the WHF Board! (Members only)
Nominations are now open for the World Heart Federation’s 2019-2020 Board. We are accepting nominations for the positions…
WHO World No Tobacco Day 2018 Awards – European Region: Mrs Susanne Løgstrup, Director of the European Heart Network, Belgium
From left to right: Susanne Løgstrup (EHN), Luminita Hayes (WHO), Christian Buşoi (MEP), Thea Emmerling (Head of the…
Symposium on ‘Fixed-dose combinations for CVD and hypertension’ at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
A symposium on “Fixed-dose combinations for cardiovascular disease and hypertension: Perspectives and lessons learned from HIV/AIDS and TB”…
WHF participates in the XXX Central American and Caribbean Congress of Cardiology / XI Cuban Congress of Cardiology
From left to right: Richard Kovacs, Vice President, ACC; Alyssa McCormick, Director International Affairs, ACC; Adrián Baranchuk, Vice…
The Sousse Declaration: “Together we can combat premature mortality from CVD in Africa”
By signing the Sousse Declaration, 14 regional and international organizations including the World Heart Federation promised to advocate…
The Dutch Heart Foundation promotes an impactful awareness video on the devastating effects of tobacco
On the occasion of World No Tobacco Day this year, the Dutch Heart Foundation promoted this video created…
WHF Emerging Leaders coming up in June and welcoming a new cohort of world leaders in the fight against stroke
On the 24 – 29 June, the World Heart Federation is looking forward to welcoming a new cohort…
The National Heart Foundation of Bangladesh is granted the World No Tobacco Day Award 2018
Founder & President of NHFB National Professor Brig. (Rtd.) Abdul Malik received the award from the Health Minister…
WHF participates actively in the 23rd meeting of the International Society of Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy (ISCP)
From left to right: WHF CEO Jean-Luc Eisele, WHF Past President M. Maranhao, WHF Past President C. Kawai,…
Time to Deliver: report of the WHO Independent High-Level Commission on Noncommunicable Diseases
New Commission urges world leaders to step up fight on chronic diseases to save 15 million lives Despite…
Positioning Circulatory Health in Universal Health Coverage: The Case for Hypertension Control
On 22 May, the Global Coalition for Circulatory Health held a side event on the margins of the…
WHO World No Tobacco Day 2018 awards
Every year, WHO recognizes individuals or organizations in each of the six WHO Regions for their accomplishments in…
Tobacco is responsible for more than one in ten deaths caused by cardiovascular disease
The theme of WHO World No Tobacco Day 2018 on 31 May is: “Tobacco breaks hearts, choose health…
World No Tobacco Day 2018: Framework Convention Alliance (FCA) and WHF joint press release
World No Tobacco Day 2018: Turning the Spotlight on Tobacco and Heart Disease Ottawa/Geneva, May 31, 2018 –…
WHF President Elect Karen Sliwa and other NCD experts meet the members of the Department of Health in South Africa
Front row, left to right: Pamela Naidoo, Liesl Zühlke, Pricilla Reddy, Sadiyha Singh Back row, left to right:…
Impressive report of the campaign #ConoceTusNúmeros (#KnowYourNumbers) for World Hypertension week in the Americas
The Inter-American Society of Cardiology (SIAC) through its community council SIAComunidad launched a health promotion campaign called “Por…
Philips signs a seven-year agreement to build Ethiopia’s first specialized Cardiac Care Center with the Ethiopian and Dutch governments
First of its kind project for Philips will deliver a complete hospital solution for state-of-the-art diagnosis and treatment…
Special Recognition Awards for World No Tobacco Day by the WHO
Dr. Carissa F. Etienne with the President of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, Dr. Tabaré Vázquez Washington, D.C.,…
World Hypertension Day initiatives from the Argentine Foundation of Cardiology
The Argentine Foundation of Cardiology is an entity geared towards the community in order to perform research in…
BREAKING NEWS: Governments Adopt a Global Resolution on Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease at the World Health Assembly
Following years of campaigning and advocacy from the RHD community, we are delighted to announce that on Friday…