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My Heart, Your Heart: Heart Awareness Month 2018 The Heart and Stroke Foundation South Africa (HSFSA) is embracing the World Heart Federation theme: My Heart Your Heart and going a mile further too by extending the theme for South Africa to: My Heart Your Heart and the Hearts of all South Africans. Their theme and […]

As we all know, the countdown has begun to the 3rd UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs. It’s time to get really, really busy. Here are a few suggestions from our partners at the NCD Alliance: Plan something locally for the Global Week for Action on NCDs (3-9 September), then share it globally; Become, or nominate, an NCD Champion, […]

The Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS), member of the World Heart Federation (WHF), is pleased to announce their new e-Guidelines website.  This website allows users to quickly browse, search and filter CCS’s Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation guidelines. Access the CCS e-Guidelines website

A £30 million research award for the world’s greatest minds to tackle the world’s biggest killers The British Heart Foundation (BHF), a World Heart Federation (WHF) member partner, recently launched a major international initiative – the Big Beat Challenge: a single research award of up to £30 million over 5 years. The aim is to […]

As Cardiovascular Disease continues to be the leading cause of death worldwide, so the need for accurate information about cardiovascular disease risk factors remains vital. Here we explore five common myths around CVD … 1. Heart disease only affects older people: FALSE 22% of all Disability-Adjusted Life Years (or years of healthy life lost) in people […]

The World Heart Federation is pleased to announce that our next congress, following WCC 2018 in Dubai, will be held in Paris in 2019, in conjunction with our member, the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). This will be the first World Congress of Cardiology under a new model, which will see the congress taking place […]

The World Heart Federation (WHF) was proud to attend the renowned European Society of Cardiology Congress, which was held in Munich, Germany on 25-29 August. At the event, WHF had a World Heart Day (WHD) themed booth with a photo-booth, which was a huge success and attracted hundreds of people to our stand – nearly […]

Following the unanimous adoption of the WHO Resolution on Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) in May 2018, and in response to member feedback on priority activities, a WHF RHD Taskforce was established in June of this year to take targeted actions to contribute to the implementation of the Resolution. The second meeting of […]

On 28 August at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress, it was announced that the ESC Council on Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professions is now called the Association of Cardiovascular Nursing & Allied Professions (ACNAP), marking a new era for the association.  It is now one of the 7 ESC Associations. The ACNAP’s mission […]

ESC Congress, Munich, Germany – 25 Aug 2018: Confusion over how to diagnose a heart attack is set to be cleared up with new guidance launched today. The 2018 Fourth Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction is published online in European Heart Journal1, and on the ESC website.2 “Unless there is clarity in the emergency room […]

According to our new analysis the number of people suffering heart attacks and strokes as a result of their diabetes will rise by 29% by 2035 in the UK The forecast reveals that the growing number of people with diabetes could result in nearly 39,000 people living with diabetes suffering a heart attack in 2035 […]