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World No Tobacco Day 2018 will focus on link between tobacco and heart disease

21 December, 2017

The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that World No Tobacco Day 2018 will focus on the important link between tobacco and heart disease. Every year, on 31 May, WHO and its partners, including the World Heart Federation (WHF), mark World No Tobacco Day to highlight the health and other risks associated with tobacco use […]

The International Diabetes Federation ‘Taking Diabetes to Heart’ survey

20 December, 2017

The International Diabetes Federation (IDF), a member of the Global Coalition for Circulatory Health, has launched a multi-country study on cardiovascular disease (CVD) awareness and knowledge in people with type 2 diabetes. Globally, CVD is the most common cause of death in people with type 2 diabetes, and people with diabetes are 2 to 3 […]

WHF and the Saudi Heart Association hold Cholesterol roundtable in Saudi Arabia

20 December, 2017

On December 9, 2017, the World Heart Federation and Saudi Heart Association convened a multi-stakeholder group of senior officials from both government and non-government agencies at a workshop in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, aimed at identifying the roadblocks to better CVD management at patient, physician and health care system levels in Saudi Arabia. Participants included the […]

FACTC Emerging Leaders team to run workshop at 17th World Conference on Tobacco or Health

19 December, 2017

A second team from the 2016 Emerging Leaders cohort will run a workshop at the 17th World Conference on Tobacco or Health in Cape Town, South Africa, in addition to a similar event run by the KOMPLY project team from the same year. The FACTC Project team was assembled by the World Heart Federation Emerging Leaders Programme, and piloted a […]

KOMPLY Emerging Leaders team to run workshop at 17th World Conference on Tobacco or Health

18 December, 2017

A team from the 2016 Emerging Leaders cohort will run a workshop on smoke-free law (SFL) at the 17th World Conference on Tobacco or Health in Cape Town, South Africa. The KOMPLY Project team was assembled by the World Heart Federation Emerging Leaders Programme to assess the level of compliance with Uganda’s new 100% smoke-free […]

InterAmerican Heart Foundation awarded for Advocacy at the NCD Alliance Forum in Sharjah, UAE

12 December, 2017

The NCD Alliance Forum was held in Sharjah, UAE from 9-11 December 2017 and was organized under the banner theme of “Stepping up the pace on NCDs: making 2018 count” with a view of facilitating advocacy planning for the 2018 UN High-level Meeting. At this Forum, the InterAmerican Heart Foundation was awarded the “Sharjah Award […]

WHF joins the European Heart Network’s (EHN) 25th anniversary celebrations

11 December, 2017

Left to right: David Wood, President WHF; Susanne Løgstrup, Director EHN; Simon Gillespie, President EHN; Jean-Luc Eisele, CEO WHF   The European Heart Network (EHN) celebrated their 25th anniversary on the 21 November 2017 in Brussels, Belgium.  WHF President David Wood and CEO Jean-Luc Eisele joined them to celebrate the achievements of their first 25 […]

Interview with Emerging Leaders at WCC Mexico

8 December, 2017

WCC TV catches up with Mark Huffman, the WHF Scientific Programme Committee Co-chair to learn about how the World Heart Federation brings up young leaders through their  Program. Their hope is to create the next big leaders in the world of Cardiology.  

The 17th World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH) to be held in Africa

8 December, 2017

The 17th World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH) to be held in Africa, where tobacco industry interference is endemic, for the first time. Organizers of the conference, which will take place in Cape Town, South Africa, 7-9 March in 2018, today announced the attendance of WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, South Africa Minister […]

Global Coalition for Circulatory Health – Partners welcome!

1 December, 2017

WHF invites any professional global, regional, and national civil society organizations with a role in circulatory health to register their interest in joining the Global Coalition for Circulatory Health. The Global Coalition for Circulatory Health brings together international, regional and national stakeholders in circulatory health to drive the urgent action needed to combat heart disease and stroke, […]

Resources for the Emerging Leaders Programme now available

1 December, 2017

The Emerging Leaders website now has a Resources page where you will be able to find all the latest resources and papers related to the Emerging Leaders Programme. This includes a paper published this month in Global Heart, which is authored by members of the 2014 cohort and is the end result of the CARDIOMAPPS project. […]