Jeremiah Mwangi, Director of Policy & Advocacy, blogs on the importance of UN engagement with cardiovascular health.
Think of the United Nations and what image springs to mind? Blue-helmeted peacekeepers, trying to control conflict situations?…
Rheumatic Heart Disease From Molecules to the Global Community
WHF Advocacy Team are taking part in RHD Meeting From 13-16 January, the World Heart Federation Advocacy Team…
WHF to attend the WHO Executive Board meeting in January 2017
From 23 January to 01 February 2017, the World Health Organization (WHO) will host the 140th session of…
Applications for Emerging Leaders 2016-2017 are now being taken
The 2016-2017 cohort marks the fourth year of the World Heart Federation Emerging Leaders programme and will focus…
WHF Attends the 2016 Global Symposium on Health Systems Research
From 14-18 November, WHF Policy and Advocacy Manager Joanna Markbreiter participated in the Fourth Global Symposium on Health…
Johanna Ralston on patients and people at the heart of health
Johanna Ralston on patients and people at the heart of health The outgoing CEO of the World Heart…
World Heart Federation previews global ‘Roadmap’ to tackle cholesterol
The World Heart Federation’s Cholesterol Roadmap is being previewed today at the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions…
Parties fighting global tobacco epidemic outline a path toward saving more lives, work needed to make it permanent
NEW DELHI, 12 November 2016 – Parties to the global tobacco control treaty now possess the outline of…
Hundreds of children screened for RHD in Egypt on the occasion of World Heart Day
To mark World Heart Day, over two hundred children and adults were screened for rheumatic heart disease in…
WHF at the WHO Global Dialogue Meeting, Mauritius, 19-21 October
WHF President-Elect, Prof David Wood, and WHF Director of Policy & Advocacy, Jeremiah Mwangi, will next week be…
WHF Emerging Leaders TEXTCARE program chosen as 2016 Global Impact Challenge finalist
VOTE NOW TEXTCARE is a personalised text messaging program designed to support people with a whole range of…
BHF urges people to use Heart Age Tool to find out their risk of heart attack and stroke this World Heart Day
To mark World Heart Day, the BHF, Public Health England (PHE) and NHS Choices (NHSC) are encouraging people…
New International Diabetes Federation report on diabetes and CVD launches on World Heart Day
On World Heart Day, the International Diabetes Federation in Belgium has released a new report on diabetes and…
WHF launches its World Heart Day global policy call
The call to policymakers and governments was made at 5pm on 22 September by WHF at the World…
The NCD Alliance announces the Second Global NCD Alliance Forum
The event is to be held from the 9-11 December 2017 under the patronage of Her Highness Sheikha…
President Vázquez of Uruguay champions the NCD agenda
Yesterday in his address to the 71st United Nations General Assembly, Uruguay’s President Tabaré Vázquez’s called on the…
American Heart Association supports World Heart Day 2016
Thank you to World Heart Federation member AHA for all their incredible support of World Heart Day! View…
The first High Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development
The first High Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development, supported by the UN Economic and Social…
WHO Consultation on Draft Updated Appendix 3
On 25 August 2016, the World Heart Federation participated in a consultation on the recently updated draft of…
World Heart Federation welcomes the launch of NCD Alliance Lanka
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have been on a protracted rise in Sri Lanka to become the leading cause of…
World Humanitarian Day 2016
19 August 2016 marked the 8th World Humanitarian Day, a United Nations initiative which celebrates humanitarian aid workers.…