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The World Congress on Tobacco or Health, which will be held on 7-9 March in Cape Town, South Africa, has announced its late breaker sessions, which showcase the latest research and innovations in tobacco control. Highlights include a session on New and Local Evidence to Advance Tobacco Control in Africa, which will be held on […]

At the upcoming 142nd session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board (EB142), non-communicable diseases (NCDs) feature prominently on the agenda, as Member States look ahead to the third High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases. This meeting – to be held in New York City in […]

The International Society of Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, a member of the World Heart Federation, announces the 50th Ten-Day International Teaching Seminar on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention to be held in June 17-29, Goa, India.  The seminar is co-hosted by Prof. Nikhil Tandon, Professor and Head of Endocrinology Department, All India Institute of […]

A study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association has found that women are up to three times more likely to die following a serious heart attack than men as a result of receiving unequal care and treatment. Researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and the University of Leeds used data from […]

As we look forward to a busy and exciting 2018, we would like to share with you some of our highlights and achievements from 2017 in our fight against cardiovascular disease (CVD), also outlined in our End of Year Review. A number of successful meetings and events took place in 2017. The 2nd Global Summit […]

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 (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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]