HIGHLIGHTSAn interview with Johanna Ralston, CEO, World Heart Federation
Johanna Ralston took on the post of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the World Heart Federation on 1 February 2011, she joins our organization with twenty years of global health and development experience. New guidelines to help prevent cardiovascular disease in womenIn February, updated guidelines entitled “Effectiveness-Based Guidelines for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Women—2011 Update” were released. They were commissioned by the American Heart Association and co-sponsored by several scientific organizations including the World Heart Federation with our President, Professor Sidney C. Smith Jr, representing us on the writing group. IN THIS ISSUEWorld Heart Federation launches news advocacy newsletter: Heart Action
Counting down to the UN High-Level Summit on NCDs in September, the World Heart Federation released the first issue of our new advocacy newsletter: Heart Action in March. Going viral to protect woment against their number 1 killerDo you know that cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the number 1 killer of women worldwide? Sadly, the majority of women around the world still don’t know this important fact. Awareness is the first step towards prevention and results from surveys performed by our member organizations globally show alarmingly low perceptions of risk. Jump-starting better heart and stroke awareness in South AfricaThe Heart and Stroke Foundation South Africa (HSFSA) launched an innovative awareness campaign on 1 March called “I Love This”. It is one of the biggest heart and stroke awareness campaigns in the country, to date, and aims to raise funds for the Foundation’s national community programmes, support research and save lives from heart disease and stroke, the number one non-infectious killers in South Africa. Growing the reach and impact of World Heart Day: 2010 campaign evaluation highlightsThe 2010 World Heart Day campaign grew by 120% compared to 2009, with a total 350 reported activities taking place worldwide in at least 85 countries. The theme focused on workplace wellness through its – “I Work with Heart” campaign. NCDs of the “Bottom Billion”: caring for the poorest of the poorHealth leaders from around the world met in Boston in early March to discuss the non-communicable diseases (NCDs) that affect the world’s poorest billion people. In a two-day conference organized by the NGO Partners in Health (PIH) in the run-up to the UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs, the event helped focus the attention of world leaders on the endemic NCDs that affect those who live on less than a dollar a day. Go Red for Women: celebrating women's heart health in MalaysiaOn Sunday, 6 March 2011, in conjunction with International Women's Day, our member organization the Sarawak Heart Foundation joined forces with the Cardiac Centre of the Sarawak General Hospital to conduct health screening for women. This was held in support of the call by the Women's Heart Health Organization of Malaysia (WH2O) to promote education and awareness among women of the dangers of heart disease. Consensus reached on diagnosis of Rheumatic Heart Disease in developing countriesAt the end of March, experts from countries around the world met to develop a standardized approach to the diagnosis of rheumatic heart disease (RHD). The echocardiographic standardization workshop was held in Bangkok under the auspices of the World Heart Federation and was facilitated by of the Heart Association of Thailand. International experts from all six continents worked cohesively and determinedly to finalize the echcoardiographic criteria that are based on evidence and experience.
UPCOMING EVENTS 201005-08 May - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia18th Asian Pacific Congress of Cardiology 17-20 May - Paris, FranceEuroPCR 27-31 May - Kampala, UgandaAll Africa Conference on Heart Disease, Diabetes, and Stroke See all events > | |