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…
Karen Sliwa elected as World Heart Federation President-Elect
Last night at the World Congress of Cardiology & Cardiovascular Health 2016, we held our General Assembly, during…
CVD Roadmap on Tobacco Control presented and implementation of the global tobacco control treaty in Latin America discussed at WCC 2016
Yesterday at the World Congress of Cardiology & Cardiovascular Health, Eduardo Bianco from the Framework Convention Alliance presented…
Ten pillars for the Africa roadmap to achieve 25% control rate of hypertension by 2025
Today at WCC 2016, the Pan-African Society of Cardiology (PASCAR) presented their ten pillars for the Africa roadmap…
View the latest interviews with our experts at WCC on WCC TV
During WCC 2016 we have our own TV channel playing in the Congress Center and hotels. You can…
World Congress of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Health 2016 opening ceremony
In Mexico City yesterday evening (4 June 2016), researchers, cardiologists, policymakers and health leaders from around the world…
Historic circulatory health declaration signed by leading global organizations
The Mexico Declaration for Circulatory Health, the first ever global declaration on heart health, has today been made.…
A warm welcome to WCC 2016 from Johanna Ralston
The World Heart Federation’s official congress, the World Congress of Cardiology & Cardiovascular Health 2016, begins today in…
Health experts urge global action to tackle biggest killer of women
Symptoms of heart disease in women including back pain, dizziness or nausea are often interpreted as something else,…
Cost of heart disease in Latin America tops $30bn
New research shows the economic burden of Latin America’s biggest killer, heart disease, for the first time. The…
CVD deaths to rise by a third in less than 10 years
A new scientific statement – ‘The Heart of 25 by 25: achieving the goal of reducing global and…
Global Tobacco Treatment Summit 23 – 24 May
Mayo Clinic Nicotine Dependence Center and Global Bridges are hosting a Global Tobacco Dependence Treatment Summit which takes…