Power your life on World Heart Day 2016
This World Heart Day, we want everyone to understand what they can do to fuel their hearts and…
Michael R. Bloomberg appointed WHO Global Ambassador for Non-Communicable Diseases
The World Heart Federation (WHF) welcomes the appointment of Mr Michael Bloomberg, philanthropist, as World Health Organisation (WHO)…
Emerging leaders application process postponed until early 2017
Created in 2014, World Heart Federation Emerging Leaders is among the first international training programmes on cardiovascular implementation…
World Heart Federation will be at the ESC Congress in Rome
The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress will be held in Rome from the 27 to 31 August. …
World Heart Federation update on WHO FENSA process
The World Heart Federation has produced an update on the WHO FENSA process, which we have been tracking…
WHF applauds Fiji’s tax increases on tobacco, alcohol and sugar sweetened beverages
As of 23 June 2016, the Government of Fiji has increased taxes on tobacco, alcohol and sugar sweetened…
WHO Regional Meetings: Overview
Throughout the coming months, the World Heart Federation will be sending representatives to the World Health Organization (WHO)…
WHF partners with Healthy Stadia on smoking cessation activities at Homeless World Cup
The World Heart Federation and Healthy Stadia have recently worked together to implement tobacco control and smoking cessation…
Publication of WHO Country Capacity Survey
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a new report, based on a survey which tracks progress on…
WHF members lead the way in founding the Healthy India Alliance, the national NCD network for India
n 2015, the NCD Alliance and World Health Organization organized a consultation of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) from…
It’s time to speak up – and sign on – to get health on the urban agenda
The NCD Alliance has finalized a letter to the co-facilitators of Habitat III advocating for health to be…
It’s time to speak up – and sign on – to get health on the urban agenda
The NCD Alliance has finalized a letter to the co-facilitators of Habitat III advocating for health to be…
Resource effective strategies to prevent and treat cardiovascular disease
A new article just published in the American Heart Association’s Circulation journal reviews the current gaps in the…
Uruguay celebrates victory in protecting its health policy against legal attacks from Philip Morris International
In 2010, PMI, one of the world’s largest corporations, took Uruguay, one of the world’s smallest countries, to…
Uruguay celebrates victory in protecting its health policy against legal attacks from Philip Morris
On Friday 8 July, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) ruled in favour of Uruguay…
Nigerian Heart Foundation uses World No Tobacco Day to ‘Get Ready for Plain Packaging’
On Friday, June 3, 2016, the Nigerian Heart Foundation (NHF) organized a Press Conference to commemorate World No…
Johanna Ralston highlights key themes, events and announcements from WCC 2016
Last week the World Heart Federation had the honour of hosting our biennial World Congress of Cardiology &…
Dr Salim Yusuf closes WCC 2016 with a call for accelerated global action to tackle endemic cardiovascular disease
On 7 June, the World Heart Federation’s World Congress of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Health (WCC 2016) concluded with…
Tackling the CVD/NCD Epidemic in the developing world
At a WCC 2016 plenary session on 6 June, Professor Krisela Steyn from the University of Cape Town…
Global experts call for stronger tobacco control laws to save millions of lives per year
Experts from around the world have come together at the World Heart Federation’s World Congress of Cardiology &…
Invictus, the biggest ever rheumatic disease patient programme, launches at WCC 2016
Cardiovascular experts from South Africa and Canada have today announced plans to perform the largest ever global studies…