World Heart Day 2008 - 'Know Your Risk' - is a call to action to help people better understand their personal risk for cardiovascular disease, including hypertension (high blood pressure). It was held on Sunday, 28 September.
Heart health screening and other activities for the public were organized in over one hundred countries worldwide.
This web site serves as a common outlet for all the latest information on World Heart Day activities and the World Heart Federation's materials for the World Heart Day campaign. It holds information accumulated since the inception of World Heart Day in 1999-2000, through all the World Heart Days. It contains country activities, newsletters, press releases, news items, studies on cardiovascular disease and a wealth of other pertinent information.
The World Heart Day website offers an abundance of information on cardiovascular disease that can be helpful in planning a World Heart Day event in your club.
