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Salt: Concocted Controversy or Critical Concern?
Johanna Ralston, CEO, World Heart Federation Many of our members have been reaching out to ask if we could please clear up all the confusion around salt. At the World Heart Federation we have been...
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The Food Revolution and the Summit
Johanna Ralston, CEO, World Heart Federation We were delighted to see well known chef Jamie Oliver call on the UN to address world obesity rates at the Summit later this month. In a speech made...
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What does September 21 look like?
Johanna Ralston, CEO, World Heart Federation Next week, global leaders will meet at the United Nations to take on some of the world’s greatest killers: cancer, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease,...
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The NCD High Level Meeting: What Happened and What Now
Johanna Ralston, CEO, World Heart Federation When World Heart Federation board member Dr. Kingsley Akinroye spoke from the floor of the United Nations on September 20th, as part of a line-up of...
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Developing targets for NCDs: Can we measure Physical Activity?
Johanna Ralston, CEO, World Heart Federation When Member States met during September’s United Nations High Level Summit on Non-Comunicable Diseases (NCDs), one of the clear outcomes in the Political...
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Launch of Urbanization and Cardiovascular Disease: Raising Heart-Healthy...
Love cities? This Valentine’s week, in my first-ever video blog, I explain why the World Heart Federation is calling for urgent action to protect children’s heart health in the world’s most populous...
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Cardiovascular Disease in Women: A Cry from the Heart
Guest blog from our member organization, the African Heart Network By Mrs Bola Ojo, Executive Secretary, African Heart Network March 8th is International Women’s Day — an opportunity to celebrate...
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Making the links between Women, HIV and NCDs
Guest blog from Cristina Parsons Perez, Director of Cancer Advocacy Taskforce on Non-Communicable diseases (NCDs) and Women’s Health The Taskforce on Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and Women’s...
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Yes we can! Reducing CVD deaths 25% by 2025
By 2030 the World Health Organization (WHO) predicts that nearly 23.6 million people will die from cardiovascular diseases (CVD). This is a staggering number and a significant jump from the current...
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World Heart Day 2012
This year World Heart Day takes on a special meaning. Falling a year after the United Nations (UN) High-level Meeting on Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs), cardiovascular disease (CVD) and other NCDs...
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