…and developing rapid response teams to prevent unchecked outbreaks. Funded with US $225 million over 5 years by Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, and the Bill & Melinda Gates…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/a-new-global-health-initiative-to-save-100-million-lives/The World Heart Federation has partnered with leading international health consortium Access Accelerated (AA) in our efforts to strengthen cardiovascular health and care. The aim of this partnership is to…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/the-world-heart-federation-and-access-accelerated-join-forces-for-cardiovascular-health/This afternoon, 35 Emerging Leaders across all cohorts from 2014 to 2018 united to discuss the research and implementation of key projects around the topical theme of Access to Essential…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/emerging-leaders-convene-at-wcc-2018/…mitigate the impact of the virus, global health organizations are using their platforms to convey accurate information about the crisis. The World Heart Federation (WHF), as a knowledge-sharing organization, is…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/recommendations-for-the-cvd-community-in-the-context-of-the-covid-19-outbreak/…wellbeing of our congress delegates, their patients and communities. We fully support ACC’s decision and will do everything we can to help mitigate the impact of cancellation so close to…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/acc-20-wcc-in-chicago-has-been-cancelled/…Save Lives” to prevent cardiovascular disease and epidemics. The effort is funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and housed at a…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/prof-tom-frieden-recognized-with-whf-advocacy-award-in-cardiovascular-health/…joint statement urging the medical community and health authorities to mitigate the impact of air pollution on people’s health. In 2019, an estimated 6.7 million deaths, or 12 percent of…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/leading-cardiovascular-organizations-call-for-urgent-action-to-reduce-air-pollution/…effects on bone-mineral density, and mitigate the negative consequences of high sodium consumption (World Health Organisation, Potassium intake for adults and children report, 2012). A simple switch, LoSalt is used…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/whf-partners-with-losalt-in-bid-to-tackle-hypertension/…foods and fossil fuels, and address the commercial determinants of health and actions of unhealthy commodity producers that undermine health. Collect and disaggregate data to help identify key SDoH, with…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/addressing-social-determinants-of-health-at-wha74/…place, with some professionals working from home and others working at the hospital in order to mitigate the risk of infection within the teams. Our focus was on optimizing resources:…
https://world-heart-federation.org/stories/covid-19-across-the-spectrum-spain/Guest post: Christine Katusiime, RHD Patient Support Group-UHI The RHD Patient Support Group in Uganda was started in 2015 by a group of patients diagnosed with rheumatic heart disease (RHD)…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/the-role-of-patient-support-groups-in-the-prevention-and-management-of-rhd/…of diabetes and heart disease and offers impactful solutions to deal with the problem. The International Diabetes Federation calls on governments to instigate the following four policies: 1. Use international…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/new-international-diabetes-federation-report-on-diabetes-and-cvd-launches-on-world-heart-day/