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Go Red for Women campaigns in Asia, Middle-East & Australia

Asia Pacific Heart Network

The Asia Pacific Heart Network (APHN), our continental member in Asia, is planning to start a Go Red for Women campaign in Japan.

Follow the latest updates on www.aphn.info  

Australia: Heart Foundation Australia

The Heart Foundation Australia organizes many activities across Australia to empower women with the knowledge and tools to take care of their hearts, including:

  • Movie nights
  • Runs and walks
  • Diffusion of a viral email and production of material including a Go Red DVD
  • Activities to celebrate a Go Red for Women day
  • Awareness survey
  • Promotion and website
  • Media partnership
  • Publications such as a "Women and heart disease: Cardiovascular profile of women in Australia" - access the report here
  • A "Women and Heart Disease Forum" - access the report here
  • Lunches inviting high profile women from a business sector to learn about the campaign and encourage them to raise awareness about women and CVD
  • In 2011 and 2012, the Foundation organized a 10 weeks "Healthy Heart Challenge" to encourage women to improve their heart health
  • In 2012, "Go Red Ten for Ten" events took place in seven shopping centers from May to July, encouraging women to take a pledge to visit their GP to discuss their heart health: "take 10 seconds for yourself and give 10 years to your family"

Find out more on www.heartfoundation.org.au 

Bangladesh: Eminence

Eminence joined the Go Red for Women movement in Summer 2012 and has organized various activities to raise awareness on CVD in Bangladeshi women:

  • Distribution of material on women and CVD
  • Presentations and talks with heart disease survivors
  • Distribution of information and red flowers to female members of the Parliament
  • Partnership with a health care provider to provide low-cost cardiac screening to women from the slums

Find out more on Eminence Go Red for Women webpage

India: All-India Heart Foundation

The All-India Heart Foundation started a "Red Brigade" in Delhi in 2006 to increase awareness of  heart disease and stroke in women and take action to prevent them. This initiative took a new step during World Heart Day 2009 when many women became "group leaders" and constituted a permanent group to fight cardiovascular disease in women under Go Red for women. The All India Heart Foundation actions to prevent heart disease and stroke in women include free check-ups.

Indonesia: Indonesian Heart Foundation

The Indonesian Heart Foundation and its "Perempuan Waspadalah" campaign organize many activities in Indonesia to raise awareness on the dangers of CVD and to encourage women to protect their hearts by adopting an healthy lifestyle:

  • Fashion shows and red dresses during the fashion week
  • Exhibitions and activities such as screenings in mall
  • "Healthy Heart talks" in a mall
  • Healthy cooking show
  • Events such as a "Hearts go tango" evening
  • Sports activities (walks and bike)
  • Poetry reading
  • Promotion in the press
  • Distribution of material and website

Find out more on: www.inaheart.or.id/goredforwoman

Malaysia: Sarawak Heart Foundation

The Sarawak Heart Foundation is running activities to educate women and raise awareness on the dangers of cardiovascular disease. They regularly organized health screenings for women as well as other activities such as dance events.

Read more about the 2011 health screening here

Find out more on www.sarawakheartfoundation.org.my

Nepal: Nepal Heart Foundation

The Nepal Heart Foundation organizes many activities with its regional branches in Nepal to raise awareness on women and cardiovascular disease, including:

  • Production of pamphlets and posters to be distributed and placed in public places
  • Presentations to raise awareness among women
  • Bi-monthly publications in a newspaper 
  • Survey
  • Financial support to deprived heart patients 
  • Support from celebrities

New Zealand: National Heart Foundation of New Zealand

The National Heart Foundation of New Zealand and its Go Red for Women campaign organizes many activities to raise awareness and educate women on the lifestyle changes they can make to reduce their risk of heart disease:

  • A Go Red for Women month
  • "Breakfast tour": awareness and fundraising breakfasts with presentations on women and heart disease, testimonies from survivors, etc. around the country
  • Awareness campaigns
  • Sport activities such as a walk on Mother's day
  • Awareness surveys
  • Website with healthy recipes, personal stories, information on CVD, etc

View their video encouraging women to take care of their heart

Find out more on: www.goredforwomen.org.nz

Singapore: Singapore Heart Foundation

The Singapore Heart Foundation launched its Go Red for Women campaign in 2005 and has since then organized many activities encouraging women to take care of their heart, including:

  • Cooking workshops with demonstration of healthy cooking by famous chefs, talks about nutrition and health screenings
  • Sport activities
  • "Picnic day" with healthy food, concert, screenings, etc.
  • Conferences for healthcare professionals and the public
  • Wear red day
  • Red dress competition: local fashion designers created red dresses and people could vote for their favorite dress
  • Health checks
  • Awareness survey
  • Website

Find out more on www.goredforwomen.sg 

Taiwan, China: Taiwan Heart Foundation

The Taiwan Heart Foundation started their Go Red for Women campaign during World Heart Day 2011, with a press conference and a fair. Many activities have been organized in Taipei and Taichung, including health checkups, advice to women, patients sharing their stories, competitions with prizes or a bicycle tour.

Find out more on www.tsoc.org.tw/THF_web/index.asp

Thailand: The Heart Association of Thailand

The Heart Association of Thailand started a Go Red for Women campaign during World Heart Day 2011. They organized activities for women focused on diet and exercise, including Chi Kong exercises and health check-up.

Find out more on: www.thaiheart.org

United Arab Emirates: Emirates Cardiac Society

The Emirates Cardiac Society is running Go Red for Women activities in shopping centres to raise awareness of women and cardiovascular disease.

Their activities include:

  • Distribution of educational material
  • Health check-ups (body mass index, blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol)
  • Advice from healthcare professionals
  • "Red dress gallery" with red dresses from designers

The Deira City Center mall in Dubai won a CSR award for its support to the Go Red for Women campaign: read the press release here.

Find out more on www.emiratescardiac.com