World Heart Federation

Because every heart beat matters

Vision of the World Heart Federation

Professor David A Wood

President World Heart Federation
Clinical Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
National Heart and Lung Institute
Imperial College London
Adjunct Professor of Preventive Cardiology
National University of Ireland, Galway
 Vision of WHF

The vision of the

World Heart Federation
is that each human
being is entitled to
cardiovascular health
and well being as a
human right
 World Heart Federation
adopted the target of "25 by 25"
World Heart Federation
Our History
• Merger of the International Society of
Cardiology and the International Federation of
Cardiology to form the International Society
and Federation of Cardiology in 1978
• In 1998 ISFC changed its name to the
World Heart Federation
• 40th anniversary celebration this year
at WCC&CH Dubai
World Heart Federation
Our Work – Global Advocacy
• WHF is the lead partner to the World Health
Organization (WHO) and other global agencies
for cardiovascular disease.
• Executive Board, World Health Assembly and
UN meetings: UNHLM 2018 on NCDs
World Heart Federation
Our Work – Global Advocacy
• WHF aligns its members and the wider
circulatory community for a coordinated
response to the WHO target of "25 by 25” and
the Sustainable Development Goal of
“30 by 30”.
World Heart Federation
Our Constituency

• Continental (APSC, ESC, IASC, PASCAR) and

national societies of cardiology

• Continental (AHN, APHN, EHN, IAHF) and

national heart foundations
198 members from 167 countries
World Heart Federation
Our Governance
• WHF Board
President, President Elect, Past President,
Vice-President, Vice-President Elect,
Secretary/Treasurer + 6 at large members
and Strategic Partners

• Standing Committees

• Expert groups
WHF Strategy 2018-2020
World Heart Federation
Our strategic roles
• Global advocacy for cardiovascular health
Global Coalition for Circulatory Health
Annual Global Summits for Circulatory Health

• Roadmaps to “25 by 25”

and National Roundtables
• Emerging Leaders
• Rheumatic heart disease
World Heart Federation
Rheumatic heart disease

A Resolution on 'Rheumatic Fever and

Rheumatic Heart Disease’ was passed by the
World Health Assembly in May 2018
World Heart Federation
Our strategic roles
• Position papers: science into policy

• Global Heart – our journal

• World Congress of Cardiology &

Cardiovascular Health

• World Heart Day – September 29th

1st Global Summit on Circulatory Health
Mexico City June 5th 2016
Mexico Declaration
“To achieve circulatory health for all
people…based on known, effective
and affordable interventions for
secondary prevention, primary
prevention and primordial
prevention in populations"
2nd Global Summit on Circulatory Health
Singapore July 12th-13th 2017

Asia Pacific Society of Cardiology

Global Coalition for Circulatory Health

WHO Global Conference on NCDs

Montevideo, Uruguay 2017
The Summit…
Global Coalition for Circulatory Health
Vision:
To achieve a 30% reduction in premature
mortality from heart attacks and stroke by the
year 2030. 
Partnership:
The Global Coalition for Circulatory Health is a
partnership that unites international civil
society organizations in the field of heart
disease and stroke.
Global Coalition for Circulatory Health
Leadership Group
World Heart Federation
World Stroke Organisation
International Nursing Council
World Organisation of Family Doctors
International Alliance of Patient Organisations
International Society of Nephrology
International Diabetes Federation
World Hypertension League
World Federation of Public Health Associations
Global Coalition for Circulatory Health

Letter published by
The Lancet
signed by the
Global Coalition
for Circulatory Health
October 8th 2017
Global Coalition for Circulatory Health

The Global Coalition for Circulatory Health

seeks to:
1. Enhance global advocacy for ”30 by 30"
through prevention and control of heart
attacks and stroke
2. Support governments to develop and
implement strong and sustainable national
CVD action plans: WHO Global Hearts
3. Communicate with one voice
 WHO Global Hearts Initiative

Prevention and control

of cardiovascular
disease
in primary care
World Heart Federation,
World Stroke Organisation,
World Hypertension League
International Society of Hypertension
Centre for Disease Control
WHO Global Hearts Initiative

 Healthy lifestyle
 Evidence based treatment
protocols
 Access to essential
medicines and technologies
 Risk based management
 Team care and task sharing
 Systems for monitoring
 3rd Global Summit on
Circulatory Health
Dubai, UAE, December 4th-5th 2018

Access to medicines and technologies

World Congress of Cardiology & Cardiovascular
Health
Dubai, UAE, December 5th- 8th 2018
“I have saved the lives of 150
people by heart transplants.
If I had focused on preventive
medicine earlier, I might have
saved 150 million”

Christiaan Barnard
heart transplant surgeon
 Welcome to WHF and our
Emerging Leaders programme