NCDs and Physical Activity Top the Agenda at WHO Executive Board
At the upcoming 142nd session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board (EB142), non-communicable diseases (NCDs) feature…
50th International Teaching Seminar on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention
The International Society of Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, a member of the World Heart Federation, announces the…
New study: Women more likely to die after a heart attack due to unequal treatment
A study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association has found that women are up to…
A look back on 2017 as we look forward to 2018
As we look forward to a busy and exciting 2018, we would like to share with you some…
World No Tobacco Day 2018 will focus on link between tobacco and heart disease
The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that World No Tobacco Day 2018 will focus on the important…
The International Diabetes Federation ‘Taking Diabetes to Heart’ survey
The International Diabetes Federation (IDF), a member of the Global Coalition for Circulatory Health, has launched a multi-country…
WHF and the Saudi Heart Association hold Cholesterol roundtable in Saudi Arabia
On December 9, 2017, the World Heart Federation and Saudi Heart Association convened a multi-stakeholder group of senior…
FACTC Emerging Leaders team to run workshop at 17th World Conference on Tobacco or Health
A second team from the 2016 Emerging Leaders cohort will run a workshop at the 17th World Conference on Tobacco…
KOMPLY Emerging Leaders team to run workshop at 17th World Conference on Tobacco or Health
A team from the 2016 Emerging Leaders cohort will run a workshop on smoke-free law (SFL) at the…
InterAmerican Heart Foundation awarded for Advocacy at the NCD Alliance Forum in Sharjah, UAE
The NCD Alliance Forum was held in Sharjah, UAE from 9-11 December 2017 and was organized under the…
WHF joins the European Heart Network’s (EHN) 25th anniversary celebrations
Left to right: David Wood, President WHF; Susanne Løgstrup, Director EHN; Simon Gillespie, President EHN; Jean-Luc Eisele, CEO…
Interview with Emerging Leaders at WCC Mexico
WCC TV catches up with Mark Huffman, the WHF Scientific Programme Committee Co-chair to learn about how the…
The 17th World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH) to be held in Africa
The 17th World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH) to be held in Africa, where tobacco industry interference…
The 17th World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH) to be held for the first time in Africa where tobacco industry interference is endemic T
WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus; South Africa Minister of Health Dr Aaron Motsoaledi and WHO Ambassador for…
Global Coalition for Circulatory Health – Partners welcome!
WHF invites any professional global, regional, and national civil society organizations with a role in circulatory health to…
Resources for the Emerging Leaders Programme now available
The Emerging Leaders website now has a Resources page where you will be able to find all the…
WHF attends WHO Special Session of the Executive Board
From 22-23 November, WHF participated in a Special Session of the WHO Executive Board in Geneva, Switzerland, held…
Cholesterol roundtable held in Madrid, Spain together with the Fundación Española del Corazón (Spanish Heart Foundation) and Fundación Hipercolesterolemia Familiar
On November 27, 2017, the World Heart Federation met together with a multi-stakeholder group of experts representing different…
President David Wood speaks about the WHF as its 40th anniversary approaches
As the World Heart Federation prepares to mark its 40th anniversary in 2018, President David Wood speaks to…
WHF and Colombian Society of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery hold a Cholesterol roundtable in Colombia
On November 16, 2017, the World Heart Federation, Colombian Society of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery (Sociedad Colombiana de…
WHF participates in a Special Session of the WHO Executive Board
WHO Headquarters during the Sixty-eight World Health Assembly, Palais des Nations, Geneva. Photo by Violaine Martin. From 22-23…