Welcome to World Heart Day 2015
The Big Day is here and we are absolutely delighted to see the amazing amount of support for…
Emerging Leaders applications extended til 12 October
EL 2016 (Tobacco focus): deadline for applications extended To give all prospective applicants the chance to make their…
World Heart Federation Chief Executive Officer appointed Vice Chair of NCD Alliance
Geneva, 24 September 2015 – The World Heart Federation is delighted to announce that Chief Executive Officer Johanna Ralston has…
RHDAction to be launched on 29 September
RHD Action aims to end one of the most preventable killers of women and children This World Heart…
70th United Nations General Assembly
World Heart Federation at the United Nations General Assembly on World Heart Day This month and coinciding with…
Salim Yusuf in the August issue of The Lancet
World Heart Federation’s President, Dr. Salim Yusuf is featured in the August issue of The Lancet. The article…
The World Heart Day website is now live!
We wanted to create a standalone website to keep you up to date on everything that has to…
Abstract submission for the World Congress of Cardiology & Cardiovascular Health 2016 is now open!
Don’t miss out on this opportunity to present your research to world leaders! The abstract programme extends…
Applications are now open for Emerging Leaders 2015-2016!
The applications for the Emerging Leaders 2015-2016 programme are now open and until 30 September. This is a…
Global Heart edition: CVD Roadmaps
Three CVD Roadmaps dedicated to secondary prevention, tobacco control and raised blood pressure have been developed by the…
Third International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD3)
From 13-16 July, the city of Addis Ababa hosted the Third International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD3).…
The Eat for Goals! app is now available in Spanish
New delicious and heart-healthy recipes from football stars Based on the success of the Eat for Goals! app…
Alert PASCAR meeting moved from Tunisia to Mauritius
Alert PASCAR meeting moved from Tunisia to Mauritius The Pan-African Society of Cardiology (PASCAR) annual meeting 3-7 October…
68th World Health Assembly (WHA)
WHF will hold three side events at WHA The World Heart Federation will be attending the 68th World…
WHF vision in the Lancet
WHF leaders share their vision for worldwide CVD prevention The article by WHF leaders “The World Heart Federation’s…
Launch of the tobacco Roadmap
WHF launches new Roadmap for reducing premature CVD deaths through tobacco reduction What: Leading experts in tobacco…
New World Heart Federation Videos on Secondary Prevention
Hear what George Alleyne, Alvaro Avezum, Jagat Narula, Rachel Nugent, Anthony Rodgers, David Wood and Salim Yusuf, have…
CVD and the Development Agenda: Advocacy Toolkit
The World Heart Federation has the pleasure of launching a new advocacy resource to help Members campaign for…
The World Heart Federation launches Global Cardiovascular Disease Roadmap
The World Heart Federation (WHF) is launching this Friday 13 February 2015 a Roadmap focused on providing healthcare…
The first WHO Global Meeting of National NCD Programme Directors and Managers takes place 15-17 February
The aim of this World Health Organization meeting, taking place in Geneva, is to support national NCD programme…
European Heart Network paper on “TIPP, international trade and cardiovascular health”
The European Heart Network has just published a paper on the impact that international trade policies can have…