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…
New CSPI report looks at soda industry tactics in low- and middle-income countries
Released on 9 February, ‘Carbonating the World’ is a new report from the Center for Science in the…
Global Cardiovascular Nursing Leadership Forum launches today
World Heart Federation member the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association (PCNA) International Committee, along with individuals and organizations from…
Celebrate National Wear Red Day….today!
Support World Heart Federation Strategic Partner the American Heart Association’s (AHA) Go Red for Women campaign. Wear red…
WHF at the WHO Executive Board Meeting: a round-up of the week’s activities
World Heart Federation (WHF) Advocacy staff have spent the week at the World Health Organization (WHO) Geneva Executive Board:…
WHF intervention on addressing the global shortage of medicines, and safety and access of children’s medicines at the WHO Executive Board Meeting
On 28 January, World Heart Federation’s Alastair White delivered a statement on the Health Systems agenda item at…
We have a moral, social and economic responsibility to consign RHD to the history books
Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a disease of the world’s poorest, most vulnerable communities and its widespread neglect…
WHF intervention on Migrant Health at the WHO Executive Board Meeting
On 28 January, World Heart Federation’s Alastair White delivered a statement on the Migrant Health agenda item at…
American Heart Association releases statement on WHO ECHO report
American Heart Association releases statement on WHO ECHO report The following statement on the new WHO Commission…
WHF intervention on the Global Strategy on Women, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health at the WHO Executive Board Meeting
On 27 January, American Heart Association Vice President Dr Kathryn Taubert delivered a statement on the Global Strategy…
WHF CEO quoted in Wall Street Journal and British Medical Journal
Both journals covered the launch of the report on 25 January by the World Health Organization (WHO) Commission…
Member of the Month: Nepal Heart Foundation
Dr. Prakash Raj Regmi, Program Director and Past President A new monthly feature, our Member of the Month…
WHF intervention on FENSA at the WHO Executive Board Meeting
On 26 January, World Heart Federation’s Joanna Markbreiter delivered a statement on the Framework of Engagement with Non-State…
Ending childhood obesity
The ECHO report highlights that the greatest risk to progress on childhood obesity is that governments and other…
Heart health on the agenda at the World Economic Forum
Heart health continues to be on the agenda, including at the World Economic Forum in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland (20-23…
Johanna Ralston talks about the relationship between the NCD Alliance and World Heart Federation
Johanna Ralston is the Chief Executive Officer of the World Heart Federation and Vice Chair of the NCD…
Time to take tobacco dependence treatment seriously
Published in The Lancet on 20 January, an article titled ‘Time to take tobacco dependence treatment seriously’ states…