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Remember, early registration closes 27 January. Secure your place for the World Congress of Cardiology & Cardiovascular Health 2016 at your lowest rate by registering now. Join the debate on cardiovascular health and politics Monday 6 June, WCC 2016 Add your voice on “Can we reach the WHO targets”, with Dr Douglas Bettcher, Director […]

In early January, World Heart Federation member the Slovenian Heart Foundation agreed to implement the Children in the City campaign, which has been developed by the World Heart Federation (WHF) and the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). The first phase of the campaign in Slovenia will focus on conducting surveys to identify barriers […]

Welcome to 2016 – a milestone year for cardiovascular health and an exciting opportunity to network with colleagues, peers and the field’s inspirational movers and shakers at the World Congress of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Health 2016. There’s still time to take advantage of our lowest early registration fee. Register for WCC […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 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, […]

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 […]

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 […]