‘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…
Announcing the 2018 Emerging Leaders cohort
The 2018 Emerging Leaders cohort, which includes candidates from 17 countries across 5 continents, has been announced. The Emerging…
WHF Executive Committee meets in Brussels
The World Heart Federation Executive Committee met in Brussels, Belgium on 1-2 March, kindly hosted by the European…
WHF pledges support for #QuitBigTobacco initiative
The World Heart Federation has pledged not to work with agencies that work with Big Tobacco, and encourage…
WHO announces Civil Society Working Group for UN High-level Meeting on NCDs
The World Health Organization has announced the members of the Civil Society Working Group on the third UN…
U.S. House of Representatives introduces CVD Resolution
On 27 February, following vigorous advocacy efforts from our members and partners the American Heart Association, New Jersey…
E-learning courses from the Public Health Foundation of India
Emerging Leaders faculty member and Director of the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) has shared with us…
The World Heart Federation and Access Accelerated join forces for Cardiovascular Health
The World Heart Federation has partnered with leading international health consortium Access Accelerated (AA) in our efforts to…
Today is Rare Disease Day!
About Rare Disease Day Rare Disease Day is a globally celebrated date established to bring a greater awareness…
WHF attends meeting of Coalition for Access to NCD Medicines and Products
Last week, WHF CEO Jean-Luc Eiselé and World Hypertension League President Daniel Lackland attended a meeting of the…
Emerging Leaders faculty member speaks at the NCD Alliance forum
Dr. Monika Arora, Executive Director of HRIDAY, Additional Professor at PHFI, and Emerging Leaders faculty member, participated in…
Adapting the World Heart Federation Roadmaps in India
The adaptation of the World Heart Federation (WHF) Roadmaps in India is based on the frameworks established by…
Lancet publishes study on inequalities in the use of secondary prevention of CVD
The latest edition of the Lancet (March 2018) includes a study entitled ‘Inequalities in the use of secondary…
CVD champion Dr Sania Nishtar will co-chair WHO Commission on NCDs
The World Heart Federation is thrilled to announce that CVD champion and former WHF board member Dr Sania…