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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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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.

At the heart of it: innovation and scale in hypertension management in low- and middle-income countries, is one of a series of dialogues spearheaded by the Novartis Foundation global health issues. It is co-hosted with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Centre of Global Non Communicable Diseases and takes place: Tuesday, 1 December […]