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…on their SDG commitments to prevent and control NCDs. The World Heart Federation delegation (comprising of members, member-partners, Board representatives and staff) will be present at the historic adoption of…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/70th-united-nations-general-assembly/EL 2016 (Tobacco focus): deadline for applications extended To give all prospective applicants the chance to make their entries, we are extending the submission deadline for 2016 Emerging Leaders to…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/emerging-leaders-applications-extended-til-12-october/before 27 January to take advantage of the early registration fee. With over 150 speakers already confirmed, this year’s Congress promises to be an excellent opportunity to network with peers…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/registration-is-now-open/Diabetes is one of the main risk factors for cardiovascular disease, which makes it particularly important for the World Heart Federation to lend our support to the campaign and…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/world-heart-federation-is-proud-to-support-world-diabetes-day-on-14-november/A new brief from World Heart Federation member Children’s HeartLink, Finding The Invisible Child: Childhood Heart Disease and the Global Health Agenda, calls attention to access barriers to treatment…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/calling-attention-to-access-barriers-to-treatment-for-children-in-developing-countries/At the heart of it: innovation and scale in hypertension management in low- and middle-income countries, is one of a series of dialogues spearheaded by the Novartis Foundation global health…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/join-the-novartis-foundation-hypertension-management-workshop-webcast-on-1-december/The 67th annual conference of our member the Cardiological Society of India (CSI) 03-06 December in Chennai has been postponed due to the Southern India has seen in…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/alert-csi-meeting-in-chennai-postponed-due-to-deadly-floods/…women than men, leading to difficulties in diagnosis and treatment that are compounded by stubborn myths and misconceptions about CVD in women. The WHF and our members are committed to…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/whf-intervention-on-the-global-strategy-on-women-childrens-and-adolescents-health-at-the-who-executive-board-meeting/The research was led by Dr. Thomas Gaziano (Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School) and presented at WHF member the American Heart Association’s Epidemiology/Lifestyle 2016 Scientific Sessions in…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/new-research-finds-10-drop-in-price-of-fruit-and-vegetables-could-prevent-515000-heart-related-deaths/…symptoms and call 999, the better their chance of recovery. Research advances mean seven out of ten people now survive a . But most heart attacks occur without warning and…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/8-out-of-10-heart-attack-survivors-failed-to-recognize-their-symptoms-finds-new-bhf-survey-of-more-than-500/…of hypertension within existing health service such as vertical programmes (for example HIV, TB) Shift the paradigm to promote task sharing with adequately trained community health workers, etc Ensure the…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/ten-pillars-for-the-africa-roadmap-to-achieve-25-control-rate-of-hypertension-by-2025/On Friday, June 3, 2016, the Nigerian Heart Foundation (NHF) organized a Press Conference to commemorate World No Tobacco Day, 2016 themed ‘Get Ready for Plain Packaging’ Speaking at the…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/nigerian-heart-foundation-uses-world-no-tobacco-day-to-get-ready-for-plain-packaging/