{"id":2944,"date":"2019-08-08T12:43:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T11:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/news\/report-from-whf-idf-event-on-cvd-in-people-with-diabetes-now-available\/"},"modified":"2021-04-30T19:18:33","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T18:18:33","slug":"report-from-whf-idf-event-on-cvd-in-people-with-diabetes-now-available","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/news\/report-from-whf-idf-event-on-cvd-in-people-with-diabetes-now-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Report from WHF-IDF event on CVD in people with diabetes now available"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u201cCVD is silent. People must be educated and talk to their doctors.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n This is one of the key messages that Stela Prgomelja, an international health advocate and person living with CVD and diabetes, brought to the WHA side event\u00a0Joining forces to fight CVD in people with diabetes: pathways to solutions<\/em>.<\/p>\n Alongside calls for increased education and awareness, the panellists discussed the social determinants of health, the taxation of unhealthy products and the role of healthcare professionals and global institutions such as the World Health Organization.\u00a0 They also addressed the need to build an enabling environment for people living with CVD, diabetes and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs).<\/p>\n View\/download the report<\/a><\/p>\n Co-hosted by the World Heart Federation (WHF) and the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) on the margins of the 72nd World Health Assembly, the event brought together high-level policymakers, scientists, healthcare professionals and inspiring health advocates to discuss strategies to prevent and fight cardiovascular disease in people with diabetes.\u00a0Click here<\/a>\u00a0to watch the recording of the event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cCVD is silent. People must be educated and talk to their doctors.\u201d This is one of the key messages that Stela Prgomelja, an international health advocate and person living with CVD and diabetes, brought to the WHA side event\u00a0Joining forces to fight CVD in people with diabetes: pathways to solutions. Alongside calls for increased education […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2945,"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":[163],"class_list":["post-2944","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n