Interview with Sandeep Kishore on WHO’s new Essential Medicines List
12 August, 2019
On July 9, 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) updated their core guidance documents on medicines and diagnostic tests to address health challenges, prioritize highly effective therapeutics, and improve affordable access for patients, with a significant focus on NCDs. The new WHO Essential Medicines List (EML) includes fixed-dose combination antihypertensive medications, which are crucial for […]
Report from WHF-IDF event on CVD in people with diabetes now available
8 August, 2019
“CVD is silent. People must be educated and talk to their doctors.” This is one of the key messages that Stela Prgomelja, an international health advocate and person living with CVD and diabetes, brought to the WHA side event Joining forces to fight CVD in people with diabetes: pathways to solutions. Alongside calls for increased education […]
This World Heart Day … Be a Heart Hero
7 August, 2019
World Heart Day 2019 (WHD) focuses on creating a global community of Heart Heroes… people from all walks of life who are acting now to live longer, better, heart-healthy lives by making a promise. From professionals involved in cutting-edge cardiology research and heart healthcare to everyday people looking after their and their loved ones’ hearts … we can […]
Meet our Emerging Leaders: Elvis Ndikum Achiri, 2016
7 August, 2019
What led to your interest in preventive medicine, who or what motivated you, what were the challenges you’ve been through. Many people both home and abroad call me doctor, but sincerely I am not a doctor. My passion for public health with over nine years of practical experience has given me a broader perspective towards […]
Interview with Mariachiara Di Cesare on WHO’s new Essential Medicines List
29 July, 2019
On July 9, 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) updated their core guidance documents on medicines and diagnostic tests to address health challenges, prioritize highly effective therapeutics, and improve affordable access for patients, with a significant focus on non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The new list includes new oral anticoagulants (NOACs), which are crucial for stroke prevention and for the […]
WHO launches new report on the global tobacco epidemic
27 July, 2019
Many governments are making progress in the fight against tobacco, with 5 billion people today living in countries that have introduced smoking bans, graphic warnings on packaging and other effective tobacco control measures – four times more people than a decade ago. But a new WHO report shows many countries are still not adequately implementing […]
NOACs and fixed-dose combination antihypertensive medications added to WHO Essential Medicines List
26 July, 2019
On July 9, 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) updated their core guidance documents on medicines and diagnostic tests to address health challenges, prioritise highly effective therapeutics, and improve affordable access for patients, with a significant focus on NCDs. The new WHO Essential Medicines List (EML) includes fixed-dose combination antihypertensive medications and new oral anticoagulants (NOACs), which are […]
WHF and partners call on UN Secretary General to reject proposal for a “more nuanced” relationship with tobacco industry
25 July, 2019
Secretary General Antonio Guterres United Nations, S-233 New York, NY 10027 Dear Secretary-General Guterres, On behalf of the members of the Global Coalition for Circulatory Health, we are writing to you because we are deeply concerned by a letter on the role of the tobacco industry in the United Nation’s (UN) 2030 Agenda that you […]
Meet our Emerging Leader: Shiva Raj Mishra, 2017
16 July, 2019
What led to your interest in preventive medicine, who or what motivated you, what were the challenges you’ve been through. Shiva: I am from Nepal, a small landlocked country located in the Himalayas. Being poor and resource-deprived, the country has also gone through a deadly civil war lasting a decade. Recently, the country is facing a […]
The CLUBMEDS study aims to improve hypertension control in Nigeria
15 July, 2019
This month, The British Medical Journal published a paper by members of the 2017 Emerging Leaders cohort, which includes Karla Santo, Godsent C Isiguzo, Emily Atkins, Shiva R Mishra, Rajmohan Panda, Lilian Mbau, Augustine Odili and Salim Virani. The published study, entitled ‘Adapting a club-based medication delivery strategy to a hypertension context: the CLUBMEDS Study in Nigeria’, seeks to evaluate the feasibility […]
International Council of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation (ICCPR) carries out first-ever survey of Cardiac rehabilitation around the globe
5 July, 2019
Just one in 12 ischemic heart disease patients globally can get rehab to prevent another event, according to the first-ever audit of cardiac rehabilitation around the world, undertaken by WHF Member, International Council of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation (ICCPR). Juxtaposing audit results with estimates from the Global Burden of Disease study, it was determined that over […]