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…on EU decision-makers to act on this discrepancy by prioritising CVD research. The ERA–CVD Strategic Research Agenda provides a blueprint on how to combat CVDs through basic and translational research.”…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/more-research-urgently-needed-to-treat-and-prevent-cardiovascular-disease/…done. Other African countries are starting to do it, for example, Malawi, Liberia and many others, working with WHO in the region. That approach combines referring cases that need surgery…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/prevention-and-management-of-rhd-in-the-african-union-interview-with-dr-gene-bukhman/…Non-Communicable Diseases and Professor Martin McKee from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine on Monday 6 June. See the full WCC 2016 here. Meet Professor Carlos Morillo, topic…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/only-a-few-days-left-for-early-wcc-2016-registration-rates/The World Heart Federation is delighted to launch a new resource for our member community: CVD Advocacy Toolkit: The Road to 2018. The Toolkit is packed full of information,…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/new-cvd-advocacy-toolkit-launches/…us to write about her hopes for the campaign and the initiatives they have undertaken so far. YPCDN- Rheumatic Heart Disease Ambassadors I think… if it is true that there…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/hearts-to-hearts-raising-awareness-of-rhd-in-eldoret/…P, Comenzo R, Semigran M, Rapezzi C. Addressing common questions encountered in the diagnosis and management of cardiac amyloidosis. Circulation. 2017;135(14):1357-1377 [V] Siddiqi OK, Ruberg FL. Cardiac amyloidosis: an update…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/doing-the-math-to-pin-down-a-rare-heart-disease/…It sets out the compelling case for integration and offers concrete actions to make this humanitarian vision a reality. All governments have already committed to establishing or furthering UHC. But…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/we-have-a-moral-social-and-economic-responsibility-to-consign-rhd-to-the-history-books/…main categories: People and communities Medicines and technologies Systems and services Our 2017 Prospectus details some of RHD Action’s key achievements to date in each of these areas, including: Amplifying…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/united-to-end-rheumatic-heart-disease/Cardiovascular disease (CVD) − which includes heart disease and stroke − causes 17.3 million deaths each year, making it the world’s number one killer. But the good news is that…
https://world-heart-federation.org/resource/infographic-physical-activity/To showcase the research and innovation profiled at the World Congress of Cardiology & Cardiovascular Health (WCC 2016) as widely as possible, we are once again holding a competition open…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/whf-invites-african-journalists-to-apply-to-become-the-official-wcc-2016-africa-correspondent/…from Dubai, currently undergoing a research master in cardiovascular science in the Netherlands. I took part in a panel discussion about the tobacco issue in the youth, a topic I’m…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/summary-of-the-panel-discussion-tobacco-and-youth-at-the-world-congress-of-cardiology-cardiovascular-health/…relations, and dubious research. In addition, due to its questionable connections and activities, the World Heart Federation considers the Philip Morris International (PMI)-funded Foundation for a Smoke-Free World (FSFW) as…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/whf-announces-new-conflict-of-interest-policy-on-tobacco/