CVD is the number one cause of death in the Western Pacific
Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death in the Western Pacific, accounting for nearly 40% of all deaths.
The region is also home to the world’s largest burden of rheumatic heart disease, which remains a major health issue in low- and middle-income countries in the Western Pacific Region, as well as among Indigenous communities in Australia and New Zealand.
Cardiovascular disease kills 5.7 million people every year
82,000
people die from rheumatic heart disease every year in the region
Our Members
National Heart Foundation of Papua New Guinea
Mongolian Heart Association
