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…features interviews with the people at the heart of the RHD community: both those living with RHD and the health workers who care for them. The report also outlines past…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/rhd-global-status-report-2015-17-people-policy-programmes-progress/…Federation studied global data on premature deaths from CVD in 30-70 year olds. The research found that CVDs are currently responsible for almost 6 million premature deaths per year, but…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/cvd-deaths-to-rise-by-a-third-in-less-than-10-years/…discuss ground-breaking research and consider new technological advances. Perhaps more importantly, WCC 2016 has united participants looking to learn from practical examples how interventions from around the world can be…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/dr-salim-yusuf-closes-wcc-2016-with-a-call-for-accelerated-global-action-to-tackle-endemic-cardiovascular-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/Take a look at the new report which was commissioned by the Wellcome Trust and conducted by Globe Life Sciences, and presented at the Third Cardiovascular Combination Pharmacotherapy Global Summit,…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/how-effective-is-the-polypill-in-preventing-global-heart-disease/…challenges in delivering high-quality care to migrants and refugees The need for research into chronic conditions in migrant settings Recent steps taken by the international community to address migrant health…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/whf-eb-140-statement-promoting-migrant-health/…held in January each year – is comprised of 34 members from all six WHO regions. These countries serve on three-year rotations, however all WHO Member States (countries) participate in…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/whf-to-attend-the-who-executive-board-meeting-in-january-2017/…that most countries are failing in their NCD response and need our support more than ever. In short, the HLM 2018 presents an important opportunity for the CVD community. Through…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/jeremiah-mwangi-director-of-policy-advocacy-blogs-on-the-importance-of-un-engagement-with-cardiovascular-health/In 2015 the world made a commitment to end preventable child deaths. We commend the World Heart Federation for their work on the June 2017 adoption of the World Health…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/improving-pediatric-cardiac-care-is-essential-to-reducing-preventable-child-deaths/…this month in Global Heart, which is authored by members of the 2014 cohort and is the end result of the project. The paper is available to view and download…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/resources-for-the-emerging-leaders-programme-now-available/WHF and are pleased to invite you to a series of webinars to discuss the link between tobacco and cardiovascular health as part of this year’s World No Tobacco Day….
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/joint-webinars-with-the-framework-convention-alliance-fca-on-the-days-prior-to-world-no-tobacco-day/The theme of WHO World No Tobacco Day 2018 on 31 May is: “Tobacco breaks hearts, choose health and not tobacco” Smoking is associated with around 7 million global deaths…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/tobacco-is-responsible-for-more-than-one-in-ten-deaths-caused-by-cardiovascular-disease/