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The World Heart Federation, is a non-governmental organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, which is committed to helping people achieve a longer and better life through prevention and control of heart disease and stroke, with a focus on low and middle income countries. It is a membership organization, comprising 189 member societies of cardiology and heart foundations from 100 countries and continental members covering the regions of Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Americas and Africa.

Activities

World Heart Day is the World Heart Federation's most important advocacy event aimed at increasing public awareness and promoting preventive measures to reduce cardiovascular disease. Each year it is focused on a specific theme and activities around the world including walks, runs, jump rope, and fitness sessions.

Woman and Cardiovascular DiseaseThe World Heart Federation is committed to saving the lives of both men and women, and acknowledges that women's cardiovascular health is an under-recognized aspect of cardiovascular care worldwide. Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are among the foremost health challenges for women, just as they are for men.

Women are known to have a different risk profile compared with men, and this has implications for gender differences in risk definition, possible differences in intervention targets and risk modification. Women also have difficulties with access to care.

The CVD and stroke issue among women has been too long ignored. This is why WHF develop international activities to raise public awareness.

Children and Youth A healthy heart is vital for living life to the full, regardless of age and gender. Unhealthy diets, physical inactivity and smoking are the leading causes of heart disease and stroke. These unhealthy lifestyles are increasingly common among children and teenagers and are being adopted at an alarmingly early age.

References

  • [1]The prevention of cardiovascular disease worldwide:whose task and WHO’s task? Philip Poole-Wilson Clinical Medicine Vol 5 No 4 July/August 2005.
  • Murray CJ, Lopez AD. Alternative projections of mortality and disability

by cause 1990–2020: Global Burden of Disease Study. Lancet 1997;349:1498–504.

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