United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
08 Nov 2021
British Heart Foundation is joining other healthcare organisations and ambulance services in urging people to learn CPR for Restart a Heart Day in light of worrying research that shows that over a third (38%) of UK adults have never undertaken any form of CPR training.
08 Nov 2021
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
08 Nov 2021
British Heart Foundation entered into a six-year partnership with the Crick, which will support collaboration on cardiovascular research, translation and training amongst other activities. There are 7.6 million people living with heart and circulatory diseases in the UK, and tragically, 450 people die every day as a result. To further fundamental understanding of heart development, we are pr...
08 Nov 2021
China
08 Nov 2021
Raymond Xiong writes about his inspiration behind creating and sharing MECA exercises, which incorporate music, gymnastics and cognitive activity, to improve the wellbeing of people living with dementia.
08 Nov 2021
08 Nov 2021
People living with dementia and carers from all over the world have shared their experience of the journey to diagnosis for this year's World Alzheimer's Month campaign.
08 Nov 2021
Fact sheet
08 Nov 2021
Commercial determinants of health are the conditions, actions and omissions by corporate actors that affect health. Commercial determinants arise in the context of the provision of goods or services for payment and include commercial activities, as w...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
29 Oct 2021
Key facts Over 55% of the world’s population live in urban areas and this is set to rise to 68% by 2050. Almost 40% of urban dwellers have no access to safely managed sanitation services and many lack access to adequate drinking water. An...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
27 Oct 2021
The publication complements the report of the Director-General of the World Health Organization on the Task Force (E/2021/48/Rev.1, 7 May 2021), which outlined some of the ongoing activities of Task Force members to support Members States to respond...
Report
23 Oct 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated more than ever the need for global and national leadership in supporting resilient health and other systems, and the reality that health, economy and better societies are inextricably linked. Also important is t...
22 Oct 2021
Gabon is one of the partnering countries involved in the Partnerships to Accelerate COVID-19 Testing (PACT) initiative in Africa. The project, developed under a partnership between UNAIDS and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, aims at fostering collective action to respond to the colliding HIV and COVID-19 pandemics through strengthened community engagement, including the deplo...
22 Oct 2021
22 Oct 2021
New Partner2Connect coalition advances digital transformation and sustainable development in hardest-to-connect countries
22 Oct 2021
22 Oct 2021
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has released a series of reports addressing the latest challenges and opportunities related to global information and communication technology (ICT) advancement, especially in developing countries.
22 Oct 2021
22 Oct 2021
Today, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, announced the winners of the second annual Youth with Refugees Art Contest, which celebrated the power of sport to bring people together. Five of the winning designs are featured on footballs available for sale online and proceeds will go toward sport programmes for refugees.
22 Oct 2021
