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From 3-6 October, the World Heart Federation was delighted to participate in the 63rd session of the WHO Committee Meeting for the Eastern Mediterranean Region. 22 countries – known as Member States – participated in the meeting, which was held in Cairo, Egypt. The World Heart Federation (WHF) was represented by Alastair White, Advocacy Assistant […]

VOTE NOW TEXTCARE is a personalised text messaging program designed to support people with a whole range of chronic diseases. It uses complex algorithms to deliver SMS’s such as encouraging people to take their medications as prescribed, to stop smoking, take up exercise or eat more healthily. They cost just 10 cents a message. As […]

To mark World Heart Day, the BHF, Public Health England (PHE) and NHS Choices (NHSC) are encouraging people to use an innovative online tool to find out how old their heart is and know their cardiovascular risk. The older a person’s heart age, the higher their risk of a cardiovascular event, such as a stroke […]

On World Heart Day, the International Diabetes Federation in Belgium has released a new report on diabetes and heart disease. The report examines the information available on the world-wide impact of diabetes and heart disease and offers impactful solutions to deal with the problem. The International Diabetes Federation calls on governments to instigate the following […]

The call to policymakers and governments was made at 5pm on 22 September by WHF at the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Global Hearts Initiative meeting and comes one week ahead of World Heart Day 2016. WHF points to three practical steps that policymakers can take to collect reliable data which will provide the evidence needed […]

The event is to be held from the 9-11 December 2017 under the patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher bint: the Founder and Patron of Friends of Cancer Patients (FoCP). The forum co-hosted by NCD Alliance and Friends of Cancer Patients will be held in Sharjah UAE. The forum will focus on national and global […]

Yesterday in his address to the 71st United Nations General Assembly, Uruguay’s President Tabaré Vázquez’s called on the global community to unify to tackle the leading cause of death and disability worldwide, non-communicable diseases (NCDs). “NCDs may not be dealt with in isolation; from this seat we invite all countries, governments and peoples to form […]

Thank you to World Heart Federation member AHA for all their incredible support of World Heart Day! View and share Yewande’s story To raise awareness of heart disease, take a look at this compelling film, produced by The American Heart Association’s Go Red For Women and #CentricTV, and share it In recognition of World Heart […]

  The first High Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development, supported by the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) has recently concluded at the UN Headquarters in New York. The forum, which ran from 11-20 July 2016, was attended by nearly 1,500 Member States and other stakeholders, including the NCD community. Its purpose was […]

On 25 August 2016, the World Heart Federation participated in a consultation on the recently updated draft of Appendix 3, held at the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland. Appendix 3 is an annex to the WHO Global Action Plan on Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) 2013-2020. The Appendix contains a list of policies to assist […]

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have been on a protracted rise in Sri Lanka to become the leading cause of disability, morbidity and mortality in the country: ‘In 2012, 65%-75% of in-patient deaths were due to NCDs.’ Source: NCD Alliance Lanka Strategic Plan. To drive the fight against NCDs, which includes cardiovascular disease (CVD), Sri Lanka has […]