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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

World Heart Day takes place on 29th September every year and is the World Heart Federation‘s and the world’s biggest platform for raising awareness about cardiovascular disease, including heart disease and stroke. This year, our campaign focuses on creating a global community of Heart Heroes … people from all walks of life who are acting now to […]

What led to your interest in health? I started my career as a demographer, mainly interested in reproductive health. After having finished my PhD, I got involved in a series of projects with the Economic Commission of Latin America and the Caribbean United Nations on the interaction between population dynamics and health. It is really […]

The Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) is a public private initiative that has collaboratively evolved as a response to redress the limited institutional capacity in India for strengthening training, research and policy development in the area of Public Health. These courses commenced in 2011 as a capacity building initiative for those looking to gain […]

In recent years, air pollution and its impact on people’s health has become a significant issue on the global health agenda. Nine out of ten people worldwide breathe polluted air, which disproportionately affects those living in low-resource settings. According to a recent World Health Organisation report, more than twenty percent of all cardiovascular disease deaths are caused by air […]

The 2019 Emerging Leaders cohort, which includes candidates from 18 countries across 5 continents, has been announced. The WHF Salim Yusuf Emerging Leaders Programme was created by the World Heart Federation to form and develop a long-term cadre of experts who collaborate, research, and act to reduce premature mortality from cardiovascular disease (CVD) globally. The 2019 cohort marks […]

[Spanish version below] Delegates at the 72nd World Health Assembly (WHA) have today approved the creation of a World Chagas Day. People affected by Chagas worldwide celebrate this important step in fighting for recognition of this neglected disease. Geneva, 24 May 2019 – The International Federation of People Affected by Chagas Disease (FINDECHAGAS) today celebrates […]

Chagas Disease affects more than 7 million people worldwide, but only 1 in 10 are diagnosed and less than 1% receive treatment. When left untreated, Chagas can cause serious heart and digestive system problems – 12,000 people die each year from causes associated with the disease. Chagas often affects the poorest and most marginalised, and like other neglected tropical diseases, it has been […]