{"id":2437,"date":"2017-02-01T12:22:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T11:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/news\/whf-eb-140-statement-global-strategy-for-womens-childrens-and-adolescents-health\/"},"modified":"2022-02-24T14:51:48","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T13:51:48","slug":"whf-eb-140-statement-global-strategy-for-womens-childrens-and-adolescents-health","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/news\/whf-eb-140-statement-global-strategy-for-womens-childrens-and-adolescents-health\/","title":{"rendered":"WHF EB 140 Statement: Global Strategy for Women\u2019s, Children\u2019s and Adolescents\u2019 Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>On Monday 30 January World Heart Federation\u2019s Joanna Markbreiter delivered a statement under the section Promoting Health through the Life Course at the 140th Session of the WHO Executive Board in Geneva, Switzerland.<\/h2>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.world-heart-federation.org\/uploads\/RTEmagicC_johana_04_txdam14201_461bc5.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"433\" height=\"244\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The statement addressed Agenda Item 11.3 \u2013 the Global Strategy for Women\u2019s, Children\u2019s and Adolescents\u2019 Health 2016-2030 \u2013 and focused on:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u2022 The importance of tackling RHD to improving adolescent health<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u2022 The need for RHD control programmes and registers<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u2022 Exposure of adolescents to CVD and NCD risk factors<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u2022 Upcoming discussions on RHD at the next Executive Board meeting in May<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>We joined Joanna for a short Q&amp;A on rheumatic heart disease, and its connection to the Global Strategy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>What is the Global Strategy, and how is the World Heart Federation involved?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The Strategy\u2019s full name is the Global Strategy on Women\u2019s, Children\u2019s and Adolescents\u2019 Health 2016-2030. It\u2019s an ambitious plan to help all women, children and adolescents fulfil their right to health and wellbeing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The World Heart Federation was asked by WHO to give recommendations and advice during the Global Strategy\u2019s drafting process. We advocated for specific language on NCDs\u2013 as a result, the final document is very strong on risk factors and specifically mentions the \u2018big four\u2019 CVD risks (unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, tobacco use and alcohol abuse) several times.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>As the global community prepares to put the Global Strategy into action, WHF will continue to monitor progress and offer expert CVD advice when needed. We are particularly keen to make sure that people living with neglected conditions \u2013 such as rheumatic heart disease \u2013 are not overlooked by the Strategy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>What is rheumatic heart disease (RHD), and how does it affect women, children and adolescents?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>RHD is a preventable disease that mainly affects people living in conditions of poverty and overcrowding. It can be found in every WHO Region and affects more than 33 million people around the world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>RHD can have a devastating impact on adolescents: it\u2019s the most commonly acquired heart disease in people under the age of 25. RHD needs to be caught early, otherwise it can lead to long periods in hospital or heart surgery, preventing adolescents from receiving an education or maintaining a healthy social life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>RHD also affects women and children. Pregnancy puts an extra strain on the heart, and can be fatal to mothers with RHD. Problems during pregnancy and labour can also affect the health of the baby, so it\u2019s vital that health systems can catch RHD early in women, children and adolescents.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>How can WHO and other stakeholders address RHD within the Global Strategy? What does the World Heart Federation recommend?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Establishing control programmes for RHD is an important first step \u2013 this involves giving regular injections of penicillin to people with existing rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease. We also need more data on the burden of RHD (especially among adolescents) so we are calling for the creation of national RHD registers to help provide this information.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>We\u2019re aware that countries can\u2019t afford to set up separate programmes for every disease, so we need to take opportunities to integrate RHD into existing health services where possible. One way to do this would be to include diagnosis and management of RHD during antenatal sessions at the primary care level for pregnant women.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Having shared these recommendations on behalf of RHD Action, the global movement to tackle RHD, we are excited to see how WHO takes our advice forward in their implementation of the Global Strategy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>What are the next steps for tackling RHD?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Political momentum around RHD is growing. The Executive Board recently announced that RHD will be debated by Member States at the next EB meeting, which will take place in May 2017. This came after a sustained push by a number of stakeholders, led by the New Zealand Ministry of Health and supported by WHF on behalf of RHD Action. This is a vital step forward: eliminating RHD will require a cohesive and coordinated global response.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>In the coming months, we will be calling on Member States to support and prioritize global policy on RHD. If you would like to support this initiative, please get in touch at <a href=\"mailto:Joanna.Markbreiter@worldheart.org\">Joanna.Markbreiter@worldheart.org<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday 30 January World Heart Federation\u2019s Joanna Markbreiter delivered a statement under the section Promoting Health through the Life Course at the 140th Session of the WHO Executive Board in Geneva, Switzerland. The statement addressed Agenda Item 11.3 \u2013 the Global Strategy for Women\u2019s, Children\u2019s and Adolescents\u2019 Health 2016-2030 \u2013 and focused on: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2438,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"event":[],"project-campaign":[],"topic":[174],"class_list":["post-2437","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.2 (Yoast SEO v23.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>WHF EB 140 Statement: Global Strategy for Women\u2019s, Children\u2019s and Adolescents\u2019 Health - World Heart Federation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/news\/whf-eb-140-statement-global-strategy-for-womens-childrens-and-adolescents-health\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WHF EB 140 Statement: Global Strategy for Women\u2019s, Children\u2019s and Adolescents\u2019 Health\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On Monday 30 January World Heart Federation\u2019s Joanna Markbreiter delivered a statement under the section Promoting Health through the Life Course at the 140th Session of the WHO Executive Board in Geneva, Switzerland. &nbsp; The statement addressed Agenda Item 11.3 \u2013 the Global Strategy for Women\u2019s, Children\u2019s and Adolescents\u2019 Health 2016-2030 \u2013 and focused on: [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/news\/whf-eb-140-statement-global-strategy-for-womens-childrens-and-adolescents-health\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"World Heart Federation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-02-24T13:51:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WHOGeneva008.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"599\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"395\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/news\/whf-eb-140-statement-global-strategy-for-womens-childrens-and-adolescents-health\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/news\/whf-eb-140-statement-global-strategy-for-womens-childrens-and-adolescents-health\/\",\"name\":\"WHF EB 140 Statement: Global Strategy for Women\u2019s, Children\u2019s and Adolescents\u2019 Health - World Heart Federation\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/news\/whf-eb-140-statement-global-strategy-for-womens-childrens-and-adolescents-health\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/news\/whf-eb-140-statement-global-strategy-for-womens-childrens-and-adolescents-health\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WHOGeneva008.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-02-01T11:22:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-02-24T13:51:48+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/news\/whf-eb-140-statement-global-strategy-for-womens-childrens-and-adolescents-health\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/news\/whf-eb-140-statement-global-strategy-for-womens-childrens-and-adolescents-health\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/news\/whf-eb-140-statement-global-strategy-for-womens-childrens-and-adolescents-health\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WHOGeneva008.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WHOGeneva008.jpg\",\"width\":599,\"height\":395},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/news\/whf-eb-140-statement-global-strategy-for-womens-childrens-and-adolescents-health\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"WHF EB 140 Statement: Global Strategy for Women\u2019s, Children\u2019s and Adolescents\u2019 Health\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/\",\"name\":\"World Heart Federation\",\"description\":\"Cardiovascular Health for Everyone\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/#organization\",\"name\":\"World Heart Federation\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/main-logo.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/main-logo.svg\",\"width\":183,\"height\":59,\"caption\":\"World Heart Federation\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"WHF EB 140 Statement: Global Strategy for Women\u2019s, Children\u2019s and Adolescents\u2019 Health - World Heart Federation","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/news\/whf-eb-140-statement-global-strategy-for-womens-childrens-and-adolescents-health\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"WHF EB 140 Statement: Global Strategy for Women\u2019s, Children\u2019s and Adolescents\u2019 Health","og_description":"On Monday 30 January World Heart Federation\u2019s Joanna Markbreiter delivered a statement under the section Promoting Health through the Life Course at the 140th Session of the WHO Executive Board in Geneva, Switzerland. &nbsp; The statement addressed Agenda Item 11.3 \u2013 the Global Strategy for Women\u2019s, Children\u2019s and Adolescents\u2019 Health 2016-2030 \u2013 and focused on: [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/news\/whf-eb-140-statement-global-strategy-for-womens-childrens-and-adolescents-health\/","og_site_name":"World Heart Federation","article_modified_time":"2022-02-24T13:51:48+00:00","og_image":[{"width":599,"height":395,"url":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WHOGeneva008.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Estimated reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/news\/whf-eb-140-statement-global-strategy-for-womens-childrens-and-adolescents-health\/","url":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/news\/whf-eb-140-statement-global-strategy-for-womens-childrens-and-adolescents-health\/","name":"WHF EB 140 Statement: Global Strategy for Women\u2019s, Children\u2019s and Adolescents\u2019 Health - World Heart Federation","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/news\/whf-eb-140-statement-global-strategy-for-womens-childrens-and-adolescents-health\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/news\/whf-eb-140-statement-global-strategy-for-womens-childrens-and-adolescents-health\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WHOGeneva008.jpg","datePublished":"2017-02-01T11:22:00+00:00","dateModified":"2022-02-24T13:51:48+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/news\/whf-eb-140-statement-global-strategy-for-womens-childrens-and-adolescents-health\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/news\/whf-eb-140-statement-global-strategy-for-womens-childrens-and-adolescents-health\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/news\/whf-eb-140-statement-global-strategy-for-womens-childrens-and-adolescents-health\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WHOGeneva008.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WHOGeneva008.jpg","width":599,"height":395},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/news\/whf-eb-140-statement-global-strategy-for-womens-childrens-and-adolescents-health\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"WHF EB 140 Statement: Global Strategy for Women\u2019s, Children\u2019s and Adolescents\u2019 Health"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/","name":"World Heart Federation","description":"Cardiovascular Health for Everyone","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/#organization","name":"World Heart Federation","url":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/main-logo.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/main-logo.svg","width":183,"height":59,"caption":"World Heart Federation"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/2437"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/2437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5392,"href":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/2437\/revisions\/5392"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event?post=2437"},{"taxonomy":"project-campaign","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project-campaign?post=2437"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=2437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}