Tobacco: a threat to development
The World Health Organization hosted a side event at the World Health Assembly on the occasion of World…
Professor David Wood, WHF President, on participating in the 70th World Health Assembly
Today marks the opening of the 70th World Health Assembly (WHA), one of the highlights of the global…
Address by Dr Margaret Chan at the 70th World Health Assembly, 22 May
In her final address to the World Health Assembly as Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr Margaret…
Football Scores Goals for Health
The power of football to positively impact on the health of fans, local communities and stadium workforces was…
World Heart Federation’s new heart health monitor
World Heart Federation’s new heart health monitor will chart worldwide progress toward preventing CVD and early deaths The…
Global RHD Commitment: progress update
Rheumatic heart disease has been neglected by decision-makers for too long. RHD Action has therefore created the #TimeToTackleRHD…
Announcing our WHF Emerging Leaders 2016-2017
The 2016-2017 cohort marks the fourth year of the World Heart Federation Emerging Leaders programme and will focus…
NCD Alliance
Working across the globe to put NCDs at the heart of health policies The Non-Communicable Disease Alliance (NCD…
World Heart Day Policy Call
On 29 September 2016 – World Heart Day – the World Heart Federation launched a two-year campaign focusing…
The No.1 Killer: The Case for Urgent Action – Second Global Summit on Circulatory Health
How can we create a greater sense of urgency when we’re dealing with the world’s number one killer?…
New global partnership with Manulife will bolster CVD awareness
Today, we are pleased to announce the start of a new partnership with Manulife, the leading international financial…
A Voice for the Invisible Child
In its report, A Voice for the Invisible Child, Children’s HeartLink calls for the needs of children with heart…
WHF appoints new CEO
Jean-Luc Eiselé takes over as World Heart Federation Chief Executive Officer, effective from 1 May 2017 David…
Advocacy training webinar – essential preparation for the road to the 2018 UN High-Level Meeting
We recently hosted a webinar focused on our latest advocacy resource for members: CVD Advocacy Toolkit: The Road…
World Heart Federation President Salim Yusuf leads Hope-3 trials on the prevention of heart attacks and strokes.
The research team from the Population Health Research Institute (PHRI) of McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences have…
#TimeToTackleRHD – Join the campaign for a WHO Resolution on rheumatic heart disease
he World Heart Federation is advocating for a global commitment on rheumatic heart disease from countries at the…
Support World Kidney Disease Day on Thursday 9 March
This year World Kidney Day is putting the spotlight on obesity, a potent risk factor for…
European Healthy Stadia Conference 2017: 27 April, Emirates Stadium, London
The initial programme of speaker organisations has been released for the European Healthy Stadia Conference, which will…
ACC 65th Annual Scientific Sessions, Chicago, 2-4 April
Attended by cardiovascular professionals from around the world, the American College of Cardiology’s (ACC) 65th Sienctific Sessions and…
Emerging Leaders KOMPLY project impacts on smoke-free compliance in Uganda
World Heart Federation Emerging Leaders project team is evaluating local compliance with national smoke-free law. The Ugandan government,…
How effective is the polypill in preventing global heart disease?
Take a look at the new report which was commissioned by the Wellcome Trust and conducted by Globe…