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CVD Prevention and Control Writers' Workshop

CVD Prevention and Control is organizing a Writers’ Workshop during the World congress of Cardiology 2008 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

This half day workshop is primarily intended for those from developing countries who want to publish in scientific journals. Participants will receive information on how to organize and write a manuscript for publication as well as information on how manuscripts are processed through the Elsevier Electronic system. The aim and scope of the journal will be discussed and a part of the session will be focused on interactions with a successful writer from a developing country.

This Workshop will be held on Monday, 19 May 2008 from 9.30 to 12.30.

Register by sending your name, city, country and email address to d.g-clemens@worldheart.org.

Health Workers Rheumatic Heart Disease Prevention Seminar held in Kenya

Even in the midst of Kenya’s worst political crisis, the Kenyan-Heart National Foundation was still able to organize a one-day Health Workers Rheumatic Heart Disease Prevention Seminar.

The seminar, one of a series under the Pilot-Project in Nairobi Eastlands, was held on January 30th 2008. The Pilot-Project is funded by DANIDA, through a Collaboration-Twinning-Partnership between the Kenyan-Heart National Foundation and the Danish Heart Foundation.

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World Heart Federation urges Geneva to vote for smoking ban

The World Heart Federation urged Geneva to vote on February 24th to ban smoking in bars and restaurants. Following recent smoking bans in France, Spain, Italy and the United Kingdom, Geneva followed the example set by fellow Swiss cantons Ticino and Soleure and put an end to smoking in public places.

“There is no safe level of exposure to tobacco smoke,” says Janet Voûte of the Geneva-based World Heart Federation. “The right of a person to breathe clean air takes precedence over any possible right of smokers to pollute the air other people breathe. This is not about whether smokers smoke, it is about where they smoke.”

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7th International Training Course on NCD Prevention and Health Promotion 2008 

This course, which will be held from 20-24 April in Isfahan, Iran, aims  to offer intensive, high level training to persons who are involved in the planning, implementation and evaluation of comprehensive integrated community-based programs for NCDs, risk factor prevention and healthy lifestyle promotion.
This year’s theme is “Capacity building for prevention of NCDs, controlling their risk factors, and health promotion”.

To find out more about this course and to register, please visit www.ihhp.ir. There are a limited number of sponsorships for accommodation for participants from developing countries.

WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic 2008 

The World Health Organization (WHO) today released a landmark report that makes clear both the devastating scope of the global tobacco epidemic – it is the leading cause of preventable death in the world today – and the fact that it is entirely avoidable if nations implement proven solutions. 

This report presents the first comprehensive picture of what the world’s nations are doing to address this public health crisis, and it demonstrates starkly that most nations are not doing nearly enough.  Only about five percent of the world’s population is covered by any one of the key interventions recommended by the WHO.

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Working towards wellness: health and workforce productivity

On Saturday 26th January, the World Heart Federation will participate in the World Economic Forum 2008 private session: “Working Towards Wellness: Health and Workforce Productivity” in Davos, Switzerland, hosted by the Governors of the Consumer Industries Community.

In this workshop, leaders from various business sectors will join experts, NGOs – including the World Heart Federation - and public figures to discuss the latest findings from the joint report with the World Health Organization on the links between health and productivity in the workplace and will call for business-leaders to take global action on helping prevent chronic diseases.

The programme will start with a call for action session, moderated by Janet Voûte, World Heart Federation Chief Executive Officer. Chronic disease is responsible for more than 60% of all deaths globally and is projected to account for two-thirds of all deaths in the next 25 years. Business has a role to play in helping find a solution given the size and growth of the global workforce. The topics for discussion will relate to the current challenges, the global implications for business and the role of the World Economic Forum.

Professor K S Reddy, Chairman of the World Heart Federation Foundations' Advisory Board will participate in the interactive session entitled “Driving change: measurement” . The participants will discuss how business can conduct a true cost-benefit analysis for wellness programmes, how to tailor these practices to meet the needs from different regions and small and medium enterprises, and what are the knowledge gaps.

The session “Walk the Talk and Vote”, moderated by Janet Voûte, will discuss which specific areas should be focused on in 2008, what kind of role can each one play to achieve this goal, and define what are the needed deliverables for next year.

Learn more about the World Economic Forum initiative “Working Towards Wellness”