Polypill News: April 2016
Your regular news update on what’s happening with fixed dose combination drugs (‘polypills’) for preventing cardiovascular events To…
8 out of 10 heart attack survivors failed to recognize their symptoms, finds new BHF survey of more than 500
World Heart Federation member the British Heart Foundation (BHF) has today released the results of a survey of…
World Health Day Launch Event – Diabetes
Today, the World Heart Federation advocacy team attended the launch event for World Health Day, which saw the…
World Health Day 2016 focus on beating diabetes
The theme for today’s World Health Day 2016 is diabetes, a non-communicable disease (NCD) that is a risk…
Only two months to go for the World Congress of Cardiology & Cardiovascular Health 2016 in Mexico City!
Scientific programme now online! The complete list of WCC sessions is now available here. Browse…
Today is World TB Day: Unite to end tuberculosis
The World Health Organization is calling on countries and partners to ‘Unite to End Tuberculosis. With 43 million…
Member of the month: Heart Friends Around The World
with Dr Khawer Naveed Siddiqui, President Affiliated to the World Heart Federation since 1994 and founded by Dr…
Singapore Parliament bans display of tobacco products in shops
The new point-of-sale display ban, passed by the Singapore Parliament on 14 March, will take effect after a…
Reducing the burden of NCDs in fragile environments
On 3-4 March, over 200 leaders from the business, humanitarian, health and academic sectors gathered at an event…
UK announces plans for sugar tax to be implemented in 2017
Yesterday, UK Chancellor of the Exchequor George Osborne announced plans for a sugar tax to be introduced in…
WHF Policy and Advocacy team visit Ethiopia to help find solutions for RHD in Africa
On 05-07 March, the World Heart Federation’s (WHF) Policy and Advocacy team travelled to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to…
Working with our partners and continental members to achieve 25by25
Today, the World Heart Federation’s first Partner and Continental Councils Joint Retreat takes place in London, with a…
Announcing our new cohort of Emerging Leaders 2016
Next week, our new Emerging Leaders 2016 take part in their first Think Tank Seminar in Bangalore, India,…
BHF celebrate No Smoking Day in the UK
World Heart Federation member the British Heart Foundation started the No Smoking Day campaign in 1983. This year…
WCC 2016 latest news: opening ceremony announced and finalized list of abstract
With the date for the biggest gathering of global stakeholders with an interest in heart health fast approaching,…
WHF invites African journalists to apply to become the official WCC 2016 Africa correspondent
To showcase the research and innovation profiled at the World Congress of Cardiology & Cardiovascular Health (WCC 2016)…
New research finds 10% drop in price of fruit and vegetables could prevent 515,000 heart-related deaths
The research was led by Dr. Thomas Gaziano (Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School) and presented…
New tobacco-free stadia guidelines launched by Healthy Stadia
The European Healthy Stadia Network has published a set of new guidance materials to help sports organisations implement…
Member of the Month: Billion Hearts Beating
with Dr Ravneet Singh, Chief Operating Officer A new monthly feature, our Member of the Month profiles the…
WHO Global Meeting of National NCD Programme Managers and Directors
The World Heart Federation took a strong delegation to the First WHO Global Meeting of National NCD Programme…
Letter to G7 Health Experts Working Group – UHC Prevention is better than response
Signed by 176 organizations including the World Heart Federation, this letter urges the G7 Health Experts Working Group…