World Heart Federation Because every heart beat matters

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 • 40 th 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 29 th

1 st Global Summit on Circulatory Health Mexico City June 5 th 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"

2 nd Global Summit on Circulatory Health Singapore July 12 th-13 th 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 8 th 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 Ø Healthy lifestyle Ø Evidence based treatment protocols Ø Access to essential medicines and technologies Ø Risk based management Ø Team care and task sharing Ø Systems for monitoring

3 rd Global Summit on Circulatory Health Dubai, UAE, December 4 th-5 th 2018 Access to medicines and technologies

World Congress of Cardiology & Cardiovascular Health Dubai, UAE, December 5 th- 8 th 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