• Health promotion and prevention
• Diagnosis, treatment and care
• Patient and community engagement
• Education & information

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the world’s number one killer. It kills more people than all forms of cancer and chronic lower respiratory disease combined. Conditions affecting the heart or blood vessels – such as heart attack, stroke and heart failure – claim more than 20.5 million lives each year.

Current efforts to combat cardiovascular disease at a national level are failing almost everywhere in the world.

Yet 80% of premature deaths are preventable. And leaders have known this for decades.

A cardiovascular health plan acts as a strategic tool reducing premature deaths from heart disease and stroke, while also cutting healthcare costs and productivity losses, saving hundreds of billions of dollars annually worldwide.

Sign the petition to send a powerful message to leaders that a heart action plan is necessary to prevent cardiovascular disease and protect communities from the world’s biggest killer.