The world’s largest single environmental health risk
Chagas can cause irreversible damage to the heart
High cholesterol causes 4.4 million deaths every year
Learn about the links between COVID-19 and CVD
Diabetes affects 537 million people worldwide
Poor diet is a leading risk factor for CVD, diabetes and obesity
64m people are affected by heart failure globally
Hypertension is the number one risk factor for death globally
One of the most important public health problems facing the world today
An estimated 80% of CVD is preventable
RHD claims over 300,000 lives each year
There are immediate health benefits to quitting tobacco
Women with CVD continue to be under-diagnosed
Introduced by: Viki Wade National Heart Foundation of Australia