It’s exactly one month until the World Congress of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Health 2016 and we look forward to seeing you there. You don’t have to be a WHF member to attend: it’s your chance to learn from world leaders, network with other specialists, share ideas and be inspired by best practice in cardiovascular health from other countries.
The 13 May deadline for lower registration fees is nearing
Please make sure your members and colleagues are aware and forward our latest news to your mailing list:
The tide is turning for women and CVD
Women and minorities have long been neglected in heart health. But this is all changing:
- Read specialist Emelia Benjamin’s interview and discover her WCC 2016 talks
- Don’t miss the pre-congress 5th International Conference on Women, Heart Disease and Stroke, co-organized by the American Heart Association and the World Heart Federation to extend knowledge and foster action globally about the prevention, identification and treatment of cardiovascular disease in women
- Monday 6 June is the WCC 2016 Wear Red Day to celebrate women’s heart health
https://www.world-heart-federation.org/wcc-2016/scientific-programme/
Smoke-free Mexico
WCC 2016 will be used as a platform to support the adoption of a national tobacco control legislation in Mexico in a campaign developed with the InterAmerican Heart Foundation and the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.
Opportunities for WHF members
Present your organization at WCC in the Arena on the WHF booth
We want to showcase WHF members’ work and we have a few slots left for presentations in our Arena – you can read the brief for this presentation here. To arrange a time slot for your presentation, please contact membership@worldheart.org.
Send slides about your organization for display at WCC 2016
There will be several sites at WCC 2016 where WHF members can share their work by way of slides, if you are interested in doing this please click here for the brief – kindly send to membership@worldheart.org before 8th May 2016. You can download the template slide here.
Sign up for the members Workshop – 6 June 12.30 – 15.00
The Members Workshop is always a great place to meet up with old friends and see and hear what else is being done around the world by other WHF members. We would be grateful if you could let us know in advance if you will be attending, especially if you have experience of any of the following work with WHF:
- Advocacy
- Roadmaps
- World Heart Day
We will be running workshops on how we can better engage with our members, to improve participation in the future and hearing your experience is crucial. To find out how you can participate please email lucy.keightley@worldheart.org.