Heart Talks
A Series of the 5th Global Summit on Circulatory Health. Rethinking the Future of the Cardiovascular Workforce
Find out moreConvening thought leaders to elevate the world’s number one killer as the top global health priority.
4th Global Summit on Circulatory Health - 2019
Innovations in Circulatory Care and Technologies
29-30 August 2019, Paris, France
3rd Global Summit on Circulatory Health - 2018
Access to Essential Medicines and Technologies
4-5 December 2018, Dubai
2nd Global Summit on Circulatory Health - 2017
The No. 1 Killer: The Case for Urgent Action
12-13 September 2017, Singapore
About the Global Summit on Circulatory Health
Heart disease and stroke remain the world’s foremost causes of premature death, despite being largely preventable through the mitigation of risk factors. Together, the cardiovascular disease (CVD) community and multi-sectoral partners need to reframe outreach strategies and tools for action to raise the priority status of CVD nationally and globally.
The Global Summit on Circulatory Health is the thought leadership event designed to elevate the world’s number one killer as the top priority for Key Opinion Leaders, Ministers of Health and Public Health Officials, and Industry Leaders.
The Summit aims to:
- Convene and mobilize advocates in circulatory health
- Coordinate stakeholders and policymakers around shared goals
- Campaign for circulatory health with a collective voice and a clear message
- Catalyze action for circulatory health through civil society and policy engagement
The history of the Global Summit at a glance
The first Global Summit, held in Mexico City in 2016, resulted in the first declaration on circulatory health — the Mexico Declaration — signed by 29 leading global organization, including the World Heart Organization and the World Stroke Organization.
Following the second Global Summit in Singapore, the World Heart Federation created the Global Coalition for Circulatory Health, which was launched in October 2017 at the World Health Organizations’ Conference on Non-communicable Diseases in Montevideo, Uruguay. The Coalition brings together international, regional and national stakeholders to drive the urgent action needed to combat heart disease, stroke and associated co-morbidities such as diabetes and kidney diseases, as well as to give a voice to people living with circulatory diseases and to the trained health workforce that cares for them.
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