World Heart Day 2013 Activities in LAC
World Heart Day was created in 2000 to inform people around the globe that heart disease and stroke are the world's leading cause of death, claiming 17.3 million lives each year and the numbers are rising.   [ ... ]

The NCD Alliance - Putting Non-Communicable Chronic Diseases on the Global Agenda - (English) (Spanish)
Here is an excellent powerpoint presentation from the NCD Alliance Webinar on Tuesday, June 4, 2013.

Draft Action Plan on NCDs 2013-20
World Health Organization has approved a draft action plan containing a vision, principles and approaches, a goal, six objectives, and voluntary global targets to be achieved by 2025. The Jan 11 plan will go for con [ ... ]

Our Time:  A Call to Save Preventable Death from CVD. See summary targets.
25% reduction in NCDs by 2025 will require a concerted effort by all. Reductions in tobacco use, improved diets, more active lifestyle, reduced obesity, controlled blood [ ... ]

Michelle Bachelet receives Sixth Science of Peace Award
On October 19, 2013, the InterAmerican Heart Foundation (IAHF) awarded the sixth Science of Peace award to Dr. Michelle Bachelet, ex President of Chile and ex Minister of Health for her dedicatio [ ... ]

Deborah Chen receives Tobacco Control Champion Award at international public health conference - "Endgame for Tobacco" in India
Ms. Deborah Chen, Vice President of the World Heart Federation and Executive Director of the Heart Foundation of Jamaica (H [ ... ]

4th Latin American and Caribbean
Conference on Tobacco or Health 26–28 March 2014 San José, Costa Rica     The Ministry of Health of Costa Rica and the InterAmerican Heart Foundation (IAHF) are pleased to announce the 4th Latin Ameri [ ... ]

"Tobacco Taxes, They Work!" Campaign by FIC México
On September 4, 2013 the Fundación InterAmericana del Corazón México (FIC México) held a press conference to launch a new tobacco tax campaign called "Tobacco taxes, they work!" The press confere [ ... ]

Gobierno y SBC Firman Acuerdo para el Programa de Alimentación Saludable

El Gobernador Geraldo Alckmin y Presidente de la Sociedad Brasilera de Cardiología, Jadelson Andrade, firmaron un acuerdo para el programa de alimentación saludable.  D [ ... ]

Obesity and its consequences spreading rapidly around the world.
Clogged arteries and sedentary lifestyles have replaced germs as the world's leading killers. Read more in this article by By JIM LANDERS, The Dallas Morning News,Washington Burea [ ... ]

Dietary Salt Advocacy Tools
Information is power!  The links below contain information about the issue of dietary salt that you can use in your advocacy efforts. WHO Forum on Reducing Salt Intake in Populations Policy Statement - Prev [ ... ]

Patient Fact Sheet on Salt Reduction
Lowering your salt intake = lowering your blood pressure Nearly all people in the Americas eat far too much salt. Many adults and often children are eating over 2 times the amount considered safe for health. Lim [ ... ]

Toronto Charter on Physical Activity 
Physical activity promotes wellbeing, physical and mental health, prevents disease, improves social connectedness and quality of life.  READ MORE...  

Evidence for Physical Activity
There is strong evidence demonstrating the direct and indirect ways physical activity prevents many non-communicable diseases.  READ MORE...

Seven Best Investments in Physical Activity
Physical activity has life long comprehensive health benefits from promoting healthy growth in children to healthy aging in adults. READ MORE...  

Physical Activity Exercise/Physical Activity
Physical inactivity is a modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Technology and modern lifestyle influences are leading people toward increasingly sedentary existences. Physical inactivity subst [ ... ]