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World Heart Day 2019 (WHD) focuses on creating a global community of Heart Heroes… people from all walks of life who are acting now to live longer, better, heart-healthy lives…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/this-world-heart-day-be-a-heart-hero/…laws. This research revealed that compliance to the 100% smoke-free law was very low due to limited understanding and involvement of compliance authorities and stakeholders involved. Smoking and secondhand smoke…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/meet-our-emerging-leaders-elvis-ndikum-achiri-2016/…significant focus on non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The new list includes new oral anticoagulants (NOACs), which are crucial for stroke prevention and for the management of atrial fibrillation, especially in low-resource…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/interview-with-mariachiara-di-cesare-on-whos-new-essential-medicines-list/…Tobacco cessation services must be stepped up The focus of the latest report is on the progress countries have made to help tobacco users quit. It is being launched today…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/who-launches-new-report-on-the-global-tobacco-epidemic/…significant focus on NCDs. The new WHO Essential Medicines List (EML) includes fixed-dose combination antihypertensive medications and new oral anticoagulants (NOACs), which are crucial for stroke prevention and for the…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/noacs-and-fixed-dose-combination-antihypertensive-medications-added-to-who-essential-medicines-list/…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/…Now, I am hypertension free, and NCD free too. Inspired by what happened to my grandmother, I pursued a research interest in kidney disease during my masters’ program at the…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/meet-our-emerging-leader-shiva-raj-mishra-2017/…Lilian Mbau, Augustine Odili and Salim Virani. The published study, entitled ‘Adapting a club-based medication delivery strategy to a hypertension context: the CLUBMEDS Study in Nigeria’, seeks to evaluate the…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/the-clubmeds-study-aims-to-improve-hypertension-control-in-nigeria/…Member, International Council of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation (). Juxtaposing audit results with estimates from the Global Burden of Disease study, it was determined that over 18 million more spots…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/international-council-of-cardiovascular-prevention-and-rehabilitation-iccpr-carries-out-first-ever-survey-of-cardiac-rehabilitation-around-the-globe/…World Heart Day events and activities. These are available in multiple languages to view and download instantly on the . More languages and resources will be uploaded as we come…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/welcome-to-world-heart-day-2019/…of projects with the Economic Commission of Latin America and the Caribbean United Nations on the interaction between population dynamics and health. It is really at his point that I…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/meet-our-emerging-leaders-mariachiara-di-cesare-2018/