Global health agenda

Global health has arguably been moved to centre stage by the United Nations through the definition of the Millennium Development Goals, yet cardiovascular disease is not actively included. The World Heart Federation is advocating that heads of states and governments take the burden of cardiovascular disease into consideration when re-evaluating the Millennium Development Goals.  The World Heart Federation has pursued an all-inclusive, multi-pronged approach towards the inclusion of chronic disease as part of the Millennium Development Goals.  World Heart Federation Past President Dr Valentin Fuster has carried out advocacy work at the UN and has attempted to reach specific world leaders of great influence, including former US President Bill Clinton. The World Heart Federation was also featured at the Clinton Global Initiative Meeting in September 2006.

Read the following press releases and articles to know more about the World Heart Federation’s advocacy on the Global Health Agenda:

• "Governments ignore the world's leading cause of death", September 2005
• "World Heart Federation strongly supports WHO report on preventing chronic diseases", October 2005
• "Millenium Development Goals: chronic diseases are not on the agenda", The Lancet, October 2005
• "The prevention of cardiovascular disease worldwide: whose task and WHO’s task?", Clinical Medicine, Vol 5 No 4, July-August 2005