Best wishes for a happy and heart healthy 2016
18 December, 2015
Dear Friends, As 2015 draws to a close we take this opportunity to thank you for your support, celebrate accomplishments, and share highlights to look forward to in 2016. This year was significant on many fronts, as we launched our new strategies in global advocacy, national plans and CVD roadmaps, capacity building through the Emerging […]
Prioritizing ambient and indoor air pollution in the wake of COP21
17 December, 2015
From 30 November-11 December, countries met at the Paris UN Climate Conference (COP21) hoping to achieve an ambitious and universal agreement on climate change for the period after 2020. At the end of the Conference, the landmark Paris Agreement was adopted by 195 nations who agreed to control climate change and limit the global average temperature to […]
Profiling football to increase CVD awareness amongst girls and women
16 December, 2015
Building on the success of the Make a Healthy Heart Your Goal campaign, run by the World Heart Federation and UEFA, on 13 December we held a women’s football activities event and tournament at the Myyrmäkil-Hall indoor football-arena in Vantaa, near Helsinki. Attended by around 70 girls and young women, the participants got to take […]
WCC preliminary programme featuring hundreds of exciting talks by world leaders is now online
15 December, 2015
The World Congress of Cardiology & Cardiovascular Health 2016 (WCC 2016) will gather cardiovascular health experts and specialists from related disciplines in Mexico City from 4-7 June 2016. The biennial event organised by the World Heart Federation will explore ground breaking research into cardiovascular health from the perspective of cardiology and other specialities including public […]
To mark UHC day, the RHD Action Alliance launches a new policy brief: Why Rheumatic Heart Disease Must be Incorporated into Universal Health Coverage
11 December, 2015
Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) – a disease of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable communities – has long been neglected by global and national health efforts. Now, at the dawn of the new sustainable development agenda, an opportunity has arisen to help the international community eliminate this preventable disease: all countries in the world have […]
On UHC Day, WHF joins the call to action for #NoEmptyShelves
11 December, 2015
On the occasion of Universal Health Coverage Day on 12 December, the World Heart Federation joins partners around the world to support the No Empty Shelves campaign: calling for greater access to essential medicines and technologies for non-communicable diseases (NCDs). NCDs are a major health concern with significant social and economic implications. Four NCDs—diabetes, […]
Taking steps together in Latin America towards achieving 25by25
11 December, 2015
On 5 December in Santiago de Chile, the Leadership of the Inter-American Society of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery and the World Heart Federation (WHF) held a WHF Roadmaps meeting entitled: Taking steps together in Latin America towards achieving 25by25. This aim of the meeting was to introduce the WHF Roadmap concept and framework to WHF […]
Join the NCD Alliance webinar on 16 December
11 December, 2015
Wednesday 16 December 10.00-11.30am EST / 16.00-17.30 CET Discussion points will include: Outcomes from the Global NCD Alliance Forum in Sharjah, UAE Updates on the IAEG Indicator Process News from COP21 PATH Call to Action on Access to Medicines for NCDs Latest Updates on WHO Processes Submit questions prior to the event by […]
Children in the City gathers pace in Romania
10 December, 2015
Children in the City gathers pace in Romania The Children in the City project in Romania has been developed by the World Heart Federation (WHF) and the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), in partnership with the Romanian Heart Foundation, to promote physical activity in children aged 7 to 12 living in low-income urban […]
Join the WHO Virtual Global Discussion Forum on the Prevention and Control of Non Communicable Diseases
4 December, 2015
9 to 18 December 2015 The World Health Organization (WHO) is inviting multiple international, national and civil society stakeholders engaged in activities associated with the control and prevention of NCDs to share their knowledge, resources and experience, and add their voice and opinion to this Global Virtual Discussion Forum. […]
Alert: CSI meeting in Chennai postponed due to deadly floods
4 December, 2015
The 67th annual conference of our member the Cardiological Society of India (CSI) 03-06 December in Chennai has been postponed due to the heaviest rains Southern India has seen in over a century.