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This World Heart Day get involved with our global challenge, create your own heart shape route to walk, bike or run. Share your route here to add it to our challenge wall and share on social media using the hashtag #WorldHeartDay to inspire others to create their own or try your route.

Step 1
Plan your route

Plan out a route to create your best heart shape route where you are

Step 2
Walk, run or cycle

Whether you prefer to walk, run or cycle, complete your heart shape

Step 3
Share your story

Simply upload your route with a photo and route details to be added to our challenge wall

Create Your Route

Upload Your Route

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Challenge Wall

Challenge Year:

Atlanta, United States

Walk

720m

Dalton, United States

Walk

2.70m

مصراتة‎, ليبيا

Walk

4.1km

UCFM-Heart-Route

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Run

3.7m

Walk-for-the-Heart

Singapore, Singapore

Walk

2.9km

Київ, Україна

Walk

5.0km

Rising Fawn, United States

Walk

0.0km

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Hermosillo, México

Walk

4.0km

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Bahía de Kino, México

Walk

2.3m

Bondi Beach, Australia

Walk

2.1km

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Huntsville, United States

Walk

.1126541m

The-SG-Heart-Scene_8MB1

Walk

4.55m

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Wien, Österreich

Run

4.7km

Mülheim Saarn

Walk

2.0km

SAYOMI HEART HEALTH WALK/ WHD 2024

Ilorin, Nigeria

Walk

17.4km

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Today is #WorldKindnessDay, and here's a reminder to be kind to the one person you might be neglecting: yourself 🫵 Pause the negative self-talk and show yourself the care you deserve!

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11 Nov

Air pollution is a major risk factor for heart disease.#COP29, the biggest conference on #ClimateChange, kicks off today in Azerbaijan. Elvis Ndikum Achiri, member of our Air Pollution and Climate Change Expert Group, explains how serious this threat is and how it affects our hearts.#ClimateAction #cop29azerbaijan

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8 Nov

Having a healthy and active lifestyle can help prevent heart disease and stroke:1️⃣ Eat a healthy diet 🍎🥦2️⃣ Exercise regularly 🏋️‍♀️🚴‍♂️🧘‍♀️3️⃣ Don't smoke 🚭❌4️⃣ Get regular health check-ups 🩺❤️5️⃣ Don't drink alcohol 🚫

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6 Nov

Here’s a glimpse of what participants had to say about the first edition of the Leadership in Advocacy and Communications Programme 👀From 28 October to 1 November, our talented cohort, guided by our experts in communications and advocacy, learned to craft impactful narratives and build strategic partnerships to shape health policy.We can't wait to see how these change-makers will make their mark on the world ❤️#WHFAdvocacyCommunications

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