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Because every
heartbeat matters

Together with our Members we are leading
the global fight against cardiovascular disease

What drives us

ESC Congress together with
World Congress of Cardiology

Join us in Paris!
31 August - 4 September 2019

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Welcome to the new
WHF Board

Leading the global effort to reduce
CVD mortality together with our members

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WHF Salim Yusuf
Emerging Leaders Programme

Empowering the next generation of leaders
to shape the future of cardiovascular health

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3rd Global Summit
on Circulatory Health

Driving action on
Access to Essential Medicines and Technologies

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Together with our members we are ...

Convening over 4,300 world leaders and CV professionals at our World Congress of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Health 2018

Thank you for joining us in Dubai and making WCC 2018 such an inspiring event in the cardiovascular health calendar.

Listen to Prof David Wood's message

Making World Heart Day a greater success than ever

Tell your WHD story by uploading some details and photos to our spinning globe. We'd love to hear what you did to spread awareness of heart health!

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Bringing together a Global Coalition to drive urgent CVD action

This Coalition will leverage the expertise of its partners to advocate for increased prevention, control and treatment of all circulatory diseases.

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CVD is the world's biggest killer

17.5m
deaths per year from CVD
1 in 10
aged 30-70 die from CVD
31%
of all deaths are from CVD

The latest developments in the fight against CVD

07 Jan 2019

European Heart Journal Cardiopulse features our new WHF President Prof Karen Sliwa

News

03 Jan 2019

Happy New Year 2019 with a look back on 2018

News

  • Advocacy,
  • Chagas,
  • Cholesterol,
  • Congress,
  • Diabetes,
  • Emerging Leaders,
  • Global Coalition,
  • Hypertension,
  • Rheumatic Heart Disease,
  • World Heart Day
21 Dec 2018

PHFI announces eLearning courses: ePost Graduate Program in Health Promotion & eCourse on Tobacco Control (eCTC)

News

16 Dec 2018

Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases publishes Hypertension Programme Report

News

  • Hypertension
14 Dec 2018

Joint session of WHF and our member the Argentine Society of Cardiology at the 44th Argentine Congress of Cardiology

News

14 Dec 2018

Health promotion in the Argentine Patagonia by Dr Cesar Berenstein

News

  • World Heart Day
14 Dec 2018

Summary of the Panel discussion “Tobacco and Youth” at the World Congress of Cardiology & Cardiovascular Health

Opinion

  • Tobacco
14 Dec 2018

3rd Global Summit on Circulatory Health held in Dubai

News

14 Dec 2018

40 Years of the World Heart Federation

News

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Explore our resources

21 Nov 2018

White Paper: Driving Sustainable Action for Circulatory Health

08 Oct 2018

Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease Infographic

Infographic

  • Diabetes
08 Oct 2018

Factsheet Influenza Vaccines and CVD - General Public (Française)

Fact sheets

08 Oct 2018

Factsheet Influenza Vaccines and CVD - Healthcare Professionals (Française)

Fact sheets

24 Sep 2018

Factsheet Influenza Vaccines and CVD - Healthcare Professionals (Español)

Fact sheets

24 Sep 2018

Factsheet Influenza Vaccines and CVD - General Public (Español)

Fact sheets

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