Member of the Month: Billion Hearts Beating
23 February, 2016
with Dr Ravneet Singh, Chief Operating Officer A new monthly feature, our Member of the Month profiles the amazing achievements of World Heart Federation Members across the globe. Billion Hearts Beating Foundation (BHB) is a not-for-profit organization that came into existence on 28 April 2010. Working to increase awareness and prevention of heart disease […]
WHO Global Meeting of National NCD Programme Managers and Directors
18 February, 2016
The World Heart Federation took a strong delegation to the First WHO Global Meeting of National NCD Programme Managers and Directors, held from 15-17 February at the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. The purpose of the meeting was to enable in-country NCD focal points to exchange best practices on how to reduce the burden […]
Letter to G7 Health Experts Working Group – UHC Prevention is better than response
17 February, 2016
Signed by 176 organizations including the World Heart Federation, this letter urges the G7 Health Experts Working Group to support UHC Letter from participants of the G7 Civil Society Taskforce which met in Rome (1-2 February 2016) to members of the G7 Health Experts Working Group meeting in Tokyo (18-19 February 2016): Dear Members […]
New CSPI report looks at soda industry tactics in low- and middle-income countries
11 February, 2016
Released on 9 February, ‘Carbonating the World’ is a new report from the Center for Science in the Public interest (CSPI) that examines how the soda industry is borrowing tactics from the tobacco industry; looking to replace flagging sales of sugary drinks in the USA by targeting customers in low- and middle-income countries. The […]
Global Cardiovascular Nursing Leadership Forum launches today
9 February, 2016
World Heart Federation member the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association (PCNA) International Committee, along with individuals and organizations from across the globe, have come together to create the Global Cardiovascular Nursing Leadership Forum (GCNLF). Recognizing that nurses and nursing organizations are on the front lines of patient education, the primary goal of the GCLNF is to […]
Celebrate National Wear Red Day….today!
5 February, 2016
Support World Heart Federation Strategic Partner the American Heart Association’s (AHA) Go Red for Women campaign. Wear red and share your photos on Twitter using #GoRedWearRed. Why Go Red? Heart disease and stroke cause 1 in 3 deaths among women each year, killing approximately one woman every 80 seconds. Fortunately, we can […]
WHF at the WHO Executive Board Meeting: a round-up of the week’s activities
29 January, 2016
World Heart Federation (WHF) Advocacy staff have spent the week at the World Health Organization (WHO) Geneva Executive Board: 138th session. Here we bring you a brief summary of our activities from the week. Statements on agenda items Across the week, we submitted four WHF statements and three joint statements with the Non-Communicable Diseases Alliance […]
WHF intervention on addressing the global shortage of medicines, and safety and access of children’s medicines at the WHO Executive Board Meeting
29 January, 2016
On 28 January, World Heart Federation’s Alastair White delivered a statement on the Health Systems agenda item at the 138th Session of the World Health Organization Executive Board in Geneva. The WHF statement he delivered focused on how reducing global shortages of essential medicines will require innovative solutions to ensure accessibility, affordability and adherence. […]
We have a moral, social and economic responsibility to consign RHD to the history books
28 January, 2016
Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a disease of the world’s poorest, most vulnerable communities and its widespread neglect has caused untold human suffering. Johanna Ralston, CEO, World Heart Federation RHD is a form of cardiovascular disease (CVD) that affects over 32 million people around the world and claims 275,000 lives every year. It most […]
WHF intervention on Migrant Health at the WHO Executive Board Meeting
28 January, 2016
On 28 January, World Heart Federation’s Alastair White delivered a statement on the Migrant Health agenda item at the 138th Session of the World Health Organization Executive Board in Geneva. The WHF statement he delivered focused on how delivering high quality, timely health care to migrants, refugees and displaced populations is perhaps the most stringent […]
American Heart Association releases statement on WHO ECHO report
28 January, 2016
American Heart Association releases statement on WHO ECHO report The following statement on the new WHO Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity (ECHO) report is from Nancy Brown, CEO of the American Heart Association, which is a Strategic Partner of the World Heart Federation. “Nations around the world should view the ECHO report as a […]