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Season's greetings from the World Heart Federation

Stay up to date with all the news on the UN High-Level Meeting on Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and key advocacy events and meetings and find out how you can get involved.

Urbanization and CVD - Raising Heart-Healthy Children in Today’s Cities. Calling for a new approach to make cities heart healthier for the children who live in them. Find out about new report: Urbanization and CVD: Raising Heart-Healthy Children in Today’s Cities. 

The World Heart Federation rheumatic heart disease network (RHDnet) is an international resource developed for clinicians, health practicioners and policy-makers in countries where the disease is still common.

Tobacco is responsible for close to five million deaths per annum globally. As an advocate of the reduction of the prevalence of risk factors associated with CVD deaths, the World Heart Federation is naturally in favour of strong limitations to active and passive smoking. 

"One World, One Home, One Heart" theme was celebrated all around the world last September.
Find out what happened for World Heart Day in your region and send us your reports and pictures of World Heart day activities >

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the number one killer of women worldwide – a fact that women need to know.
The Go Red for Women campaign aims to reduce cardiovascular disease in women by building global awareness and commitment.

Working with members and partners, the World Heart Federation has produced four fact sheets to help members make the case for promoting healthy diet and physical activity as a priority for policy, school curricula, and community activity. 

AF AWARE (Atrial Fibrillation AWareness And Risk Education) is an international awareness campaign dedicated to gaining greater recognition of atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia (abnormal heart rhythm).

Can “fat taxes” encourage heart-healthy eating? I am delighted to introduce this first guest blog, written jointly by the Danish Society of Cardiology and the Danish Heart Foundation, and congratulate their efforts on a national level to reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD).

Do not let heart disease and stroke affect the lives of your loved ones. Show your support and commitment to this cause by adding this Twibbon to your Facebook and Twitter profile. Together we can stop the millions of unnecessary deaths that take place each year.