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…help achieve the elimination of trans-fat, and represent a major victory in the global fight against cardiovascular disease.” REPLACE provides six strategic actions to ensure the prompt, complete, and sustained…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/who-launches-plan-to-eliminate-industrially-produced-trans-fatty-acids-from-global-food-supply/…comments represent a threat to progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals, and furthermore stand in direct conflict with the legally-binding Article 5.3 of the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/whf-and-partners-call-on-un-secretary-general-to-reject-proposal-for-a-more-nuanced-relationship-with-tobacco-industry/…policies to tackle CVD and NCD risk factors, including the social and commercial determinants of health, using revenues from fiscal policies (i.e., taxation of unhealthy commodities, such alcohol and tobacco…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/global-coalition-for-circulatory-health-calls-for-major-investment-in-circulatory-health-to-help-prevent-the-next-pandemic/…from the pernicious health impacts of tobacco. The tobacco industry has a long history of systematic and deliberate interference in health and regulatory sciences. Through biased and deceptive industry-funded research,…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/protecting-hearts-safeguarding-futures/Today, RHD Action is launching its latest publication, RHD Global Status Report 2015-17: People, Policy, Programmes, Progress. The report was written by the World Heart Federation on behalf of ,…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/rhd-global-status-report-2015-17-people-policy-programmes-progress/In August, RHD Action – of which World Heart Federation is a founding member – was delighted to launch its latest publication, “United to End Rheumatic Heart Disease: RHD Action…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/united-to-end-rheumatic-heart-disease/World Heart Federation President Salim Yusuf leads Hope-3 trials on the prevention of heart attacks and strokes. The research team from the Population Health Research Institute (PHRI) of McMaster University…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/best-practice-news-article/…Organization (WHO) selects a priority area of global public health concern as the theme for World Health Day. The theme for World Health Day 2016 will be diabetes, a non-communicable…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/acc-65th-annual-scientific-sessions-chicago-2-4-april/For many, a stroke will be the first sign of atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common heart arrhythmia worldwide affecting nearly 33.5 million individuals. However, this number is likely underestimated…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/a-review-of-atrial-fibrillation-af-and-af-related-stroke-public-health-policies/…Mariachiara Di Cesare of the Institute of Public Health and Wellbeing at the University of Essex, which compiled and analysed the data in collaboration with WHF. In its analysis of…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/deaths-from-cardiovascular-disease-surged-60-globally-over-the-last-30-years-report/…stadium policy implemented at EURO 2016 in France by UEFA in partnership with European Healthy Stadia Network. Commenting on the conference, Marc Nipius (CSR, Royal Dutch Football Association) commented:…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/football-scores-goals-for-health/…CardioSmart patient resources and more, the College is committed to ensuring a world where science, knowledge and innovation optimize patient care and outcomes. Learn more at www.ACC.org or follow @ACCinTouch….
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/health-organizations-host-forum-on-innovation-and-the-health-care-workforce/