Reports

Urbanization and cardiovascular disease - Raising heart-healthy children in today’s cities

On World Heart Day, the World Heart Federation calls for a new approach to make cities heart healthier for the children who live in them. The call to action follows research commissioned by them which shows that increasing urbanization threatens the current and future heart health of children. The research results are presented in a new report. View the Report Executive Summary >

The Global Atlas on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Control
This new Global Atlas is published ahead of the United Nations HLM on Non-Communicable Diseases taking place on 19–20 September in New York. CVDs are the most significant group of non-communicable diseases in terms of the number of deaths and level of disease they cause. Read more >

State of the Heart - CVD Report
On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of World Heart Day the World Heart Federation launched the ‘State of the Heart’ CVD Report. The World Heart Federation has initiated this report to reflect on the great achievements in cardiovascular disease (CVD) over the past decade, and raise awareness of the challenges still ahead of us in the fight against the number one killer worldwide. Read more >

Preventing Chronic Diseases – A vital investment
Published by the WHO, this report is strongly supported by the World Heart Federation. Read more about the global burden of chronic diseases including cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes… Read more >

The SuRF (Surveillance Risk Factors) Reports
Read more about chronic disease country risk factor profiles from 170 Member States of the WHO. This is the first step in a major ongoing initiative to bring noncommunicable diseases, such as cardiovascular disease,  under control… Read more >

World Health Reports
Read more about the World Health Report, published by the World Health Organization… Read more >