The Heart Foundation (Mauritius) celebrates WHD23!

"I used ♥ to: save lives "

Increase in NCD diseases due to increase in sedentary lifestyle and NCDs remain the main reasons of death in the island of Mauritius in 2021 with incidence slightly higher in women as compared to men

Consequently, our objective is to sensitize the Mauritian population about the risk factors in a simple way for them to kick off with some daily actions in view of adopting a heart healthy lifestyle.

series of activities have been conducted as per attached file with aim of sensitizing the population basis on the them of World Heart Day i.e. use heart know heart.

the main activation was check up done in one of the central location of the island - 220 persons were consulted from 10.00 to 13.00 at Jumbo phoenix aged 18 – 87 , from all over the island ; main audience were from 41-70 age group ; 56% of persons screened were men.

several videos were published on Facebook page as well as on main stream media https://www.facebook.com/LaRouteDuCoeurMu/