Tag: World Heart Day

• Saturday, September 29th 2018 - 09:18 UTC

  World Heart Day will emphasize awareness on air pollution risk

  

  This year the World Heart Federation (WHF) is raising awareness of an increasingly important CVD risk factor: air pollution. World Heart Day takes place this Saturday. The latest scientific evidence by Nature warns that exposure to nitrogen dioxide and fine particulate matter air pollution is clearly linked to CVD mortality. Poor air quality is also ranked as the 4th cause of Disability-Adjusted Life Year (DALY) – one lost year of ‘healthy life’ – according to latest Global Burden of Disease study .

• Friday, September 26th 2014 - 05:38 UTC

  Cut on the salt, Monday 29 September is World Heart Day, recommends WHO

  

  On World Heart Day, held 29 September, the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling on countries to take action on the overuse of salt by implementing WHO’s sodium reduction recommendations to cut the number of people experiencing heart disease and stroke, and, in turn, save lives.