Walk the Talk: The Health for All Challenge
On 20 May, the eve of the World Health Assembly (WHA), the World Health Organization is staging a…
MSF launches campaign to raise awareness of Chagas Disease
Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders launches a sensitization campaign to raise awareness about Chagas Disease The initiative targets…
Emerging Leaders discuss essential medicines in Scientific American
Scientific American recently published an observation piece by two Emerging Leaders, Sandeep Kishore (2017) and Rajesh Vedanthan (2014)…
Meet of the Certificate Course in Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke Cycle-I successfully organized by the Public Health Foundation of India
National experts and colleagues from the different organizations We are glad to share that the National Expert Consultation…
WHF participated in the SCS 30th Annual Scientific Meeting
The World Heart Federation participated in the Singapore Cardiac Society (SCS) 30th Annual Scientific Meeting in Singapore, this past 7…
WHF participates in first African Heart Network Meeting
The African Heart Network hosted its first meeting on 29-31 March in Sousse, Tunisia, in collaboration with the…
Calling for universal health coverage on World Health Day!
Every year since 1950, the World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners have celebrated World Health Day on…
Global Hearts Initiative partner organizations meet in Geneva
In March 2018, representatives from agencies supporting the Global Hearts Initiative to Reduce Heart Attacks and Strokes, including…
Exciting 2018 campaign launched by the Inter-American Society of Cardiology “For the American heart”
The Inter-American Society of Cardiology (SIAC), as a result of specific instructions of its member Societies, has drawn…
The World Heart Federation and the Philippine Heart Association hold Cholesterol roundtable in the Philippines
On 3-4 March, the World Heart Federation and the Philippine Heart Association convened a multi-stakeholder group of experts…
Accelerating Solutions to Hypertension Management in Kenya
On 21 March, the World Heart Federation and our member the Kenya Cardiac Society held a roundtable on…
1st African Heart Network Meeting will be held in Tunisia
The African Heart Network will host its first meeting on 29-31 March in Sousse, Tunisia, in collaboration with…
WHF participates in the ACC Scientific Sessions
The World Heart Federation participated in the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Scientific Sessions in Orlando (Florida), USA,…
‘Nursing Now’ campaign launched
The International Council of Nurses (ICN), a member of the Global Coalition for Circulatory Health, recently helped launch…
Special Session on CVD and tobacco at the World Conference on Tobacco or Health
The World Heart Federation and World Health Organization hosted a Special Session at the World Conference on Tobacco or…
Tobacco Atlas 2018 launched at World Conference on Tobacco or Health
The sixth edition of the Tobacco Atlas, published by the American Cancer Society, was launched last week at…
A call to action on World Kidney Day!
As the incidence of Chronic Kidney Disease escalates, investing in preventive measures on a governmental level and educating…
International Women’s Day 2018
Today is International Women’s Day, an opportunity to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women,…
World Heart Federation attends the 9th Annual Conference of the Saudi Heart Association
From 1-3 March 2018, the World Heart Federation were pleased to attend the 29th Annual Conference of the…
WHO publishes HEARTS Technical Package modules
Today the World Health Organization (WHO) published the six modules that make up the HEARTS technical package, a…
World Heart Federation attends CardioEgypt 2018
The World Heart Federation (WHF) was delighted and honoured to attend the 45th Annual International Congress of the…