How to take care of your heart health - World Health Organization …
2020年2月14日 · Quitting tobacco use is the biggest gift of health you can give your heart and has immediate and long-term health benefits, including living up to 10 years longer. After a year of quitting, the risk of heart disease is about half that of a smoker. Fifteen years after quitting, the risk of heart disease is the same as that of a non-smoker. 5.
Cardiovascular diseases - World Health Organization (WHO)
2021年6月30日 · Heart attack and stroke. Often, there are no symptoms of the underlying disease of the blood vessels. A heart attack or stroke may be the first sign of underlying disease. Symptoms of a heart attack include: pain or discomfort in the centre of the chest; and/or; pain or discomfort in the arms, the left shoulder, elbows, jaw, or back.
HEARTS: Technical package for cardiovascular disease …
2020年7月13日 · The HEARTS technical package provides a strategic approach to improving cardiovascular health in countries. It comprises six modules and an implementation guide. This package supports ministries of health to strengthen CVD management in primary health care settings. The practical, step-by-step modules are supported by an overarching technical …
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) - World Health Organization (WHO)
2021年6月11日 · Rheumatic heart disease is caused by damage to the heart valves and heart muscle from the inflammation and scarring caused by rheumatic fever. Rheumatic fever is caused by an abnormal response of the body to infection with streptococcal bacteria, which usually begins as a sore throat or tonsillitis in children.
Prevention of cardiovascular disease : guidelines for assessment …
2007年1月1日 · Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of disability and premature death throughout the world, and contributes substantially to the escalating costs of health care. The underlying pathology is atherosclerosis, which develops over many years and is usually advanced by the time symptoms occur, generally in middle age.
Healthy diet - World Health Organization (WHO)
2020年4月29日 · A healthy diet helps to protect against malnutrition in all its forms, as well as noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), including diabetes, heart disease, stroke and cancer. Unhealthy diet and lack of physical activity are leading global risks to health.
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2025年1月8日 · WHO EPI-WIN Webinar: developing a dynamic workforce for One Health: WHO approaches and applications 22 January 2025 13:00 – 14:30 CET Here, There, and Everywhere’: Enabling Equitable Distribution of Health and Care Workers Across the Urban-Rural Divide: Working for Health 2030 webinar 7
World Heart Day
2023年9月28日 · By Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO Regional Director for South-East AsiaThe World Heart Day provides an opportunity for WHO and its Member States to join the global call to raise awareness about heart health and accelerate actions to prevent, detect and manage cardiovascular diseases. The WHO South-East Asia Region is home to a quarter of the …
Global Hearts Initiative - World Health Organization (WHO)
2016年9月15日 · To support governments in strengthening the prevention and control of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), in 2016 WHO and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US CDC) launched the Global Hearts Initiative.
DOH, WHO scale up efforts to prevent cardiovascular diseases in …
2023年6月21日 · The Department of Health (DOH) and the World Health Organization (WHO) expanded the reach of the Healthy Hearts Programme in Western Visayas to intensify efforts on the prevention of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and noncommunicable diseases (NCDs).