International Heart and Stroke News
First International Hospitals to earn American Heart Association® Get With The Guidelines® – Resuscitation Bronze Award
We are pleased to announce a significant achievement! Two hospitals in Saudi Arabia have been the first facilities outside the U.S. to receive AHA Get With The Guidelines® – Resuscitation Bronze Award. Saud Al Babtain Cardiac Center in Dammam and King Abdulaziz Hospital in Jeddah have received this award for implementing specific quality improvement measures outlined for the treatment of patients who suffer in-hospital cardiac arrests.
Highlights from the third NCD Alliance Forum
The third Global NCD Alliance Forum concluded earlier this week in Sharjah, UAE, attracting close to 400 delegates from 85 countries. This year, the theme was ‘Bridging the gap’ centering on how to translate global commitments into national and local action. The meeting attracted a diverse community of advocates including strong representation of youth, international journalists, and the disabled and indigenous communities.
Volunteer Profile: Serena Parisi
Serena Parisi is a nurse in the ICU at Centro Cardiologico Monzino in Milan, Italy — the first hospital in Europe exclusively devoted to cardiac care and an AHA International Training Center. While working with the ambulance service as an emergency nurse and an instructor for maxi-emergency events, Serena began instructing for the AHA in 2014.
Patient Advocacy Take Center Stage at the Latin American Workshop on Noncommunicable Diseases
As part of the American Heart Association’s mission, patient advocates play an instrumental role in highlighting their lived experience with key policymakers and other stakeholders. Despite the countries of the Americas having been at the forefront of efforts to tackle noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), there is still only a limited patient movement in countries across the region and a failure of governments to include NGOs in policy creation.
World Heart Day 2020
World Heart Day 2020 focused on the theme “Use Heart to Beat CVD”. Pakistan Cardiac Society’s Go Red for Women campaign celebrated this theme with a community walk and professional education events to raise awareness of women’s heart health and risk factor management. The events on September 29, 2020 took place in Karachi, Peshawer, and Quetta.International Heart and Stroke News Archive
- AHA International Blog Profile: Dr Khalida Soomro and COVID-19
- American Heart Association Participates in WHO Global Meeting
- Middle East Region Recognized During Annual Forum
- CPR Training Event Sets Guinness Record in India
- 30th Anniversary Great Wall International Congress
- American Heart Association recognizes Heart Heroes ahead of World Heart Day 2019
- Highlighting AED Legislation in Latin America During CPR Month
- Profile of a Global Champion and Advocate of Cardiovascular Health
- Saudi Arabian Ministry of Defense collaborating with the AHA to provide high-quality training for medical personnel
- Improving quality of care and clinical outcomes to effectively treat hypertension in low- and middle-income countries
- Better Hearts Better Cities program shares exciting progress
- American Heart Association hosts first ever Japan Regional Conference
- World Health Assembly convenes key stakeholders on global health initiatives
- Lebanon officials launch national awareness campaign for cardiac arrest in young people
- Chinese boy suffers cardiac arrest survives after 5 hours of continuous CPR
- Saudi Arabia man awarded Heartsaver Hero Award for saving child with CPR
- #REDDAY in France champions women and heart disease
- United Hatzalah joins the AHA faculty
- Go Red for Women makes an impact around the world
- March is Heartsaver Month in Middle East & North Africa
- Draft United Arab Emirates law aims to protect bystanders, increase intervention
- Saving Children's Lives
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