Posted on 29 Sep 2015
World
Heart Day 2015
"World
Heart Federation with Indian Association of Clinical Cardiologists (IACC) marks
World Heart Day 2015 with a focus on healthy heart environments for everyone, everywhere"
29th
September 2015 / Kerala -
To mark World Heart Day 2015, the Indian Association of Clinical
Cardiologists (IACC) in collaboration with World Heart Federation,
its members and partners are calling on the community to ensure the right to
heart-healthy environments so that people all across the country have the
opportunity to make healthy heart choices. Cardiovascular disease (CVD),
including heart disease and stroke, is the worlds number one killer. Each
year, it is responsible for 17.3 million premature deaths, and by 2030 this is
expected to rise to 23 million. At least 80% of these deaths are in low- and
middle-income countries like India where human and financial resources are most
limited to address them. Yet most premature deaths caused by CVD could be
avoided by controlling risk factors such as tobacco use, physical inactivity
and raised blood pressure, all of which are strongly linked to a persons
environment. During World Heart Day 2015, a variety of activities such as
public talks and screenings, walks and runs, seminars and sporting events are
organized by Indian Association of Clinical Cardiologists (IACC), member
organizations, partners and others nationwide. In Kerala we are planning
various activities in almost all districts.
Dr Rajesh Rajan,
President, Indian Association of Clinical Cardiologists (IACC) said: Government
of India especially ministry of health should take prompt actions for providing
all citizens a heart-healthy environments such as smoking bans in public parks
and elimination of fast food advertising and tobacco. On World Heart Day, all the IACC
state chapters in India are joining together to encourage individuals,
families, communities and governments to take action to reduce the risk of
heart disease and stroke. Indian Association of Clinical Cardiologists
(IACC) with World Heart Federation urges everyone to join us and get
involved, no matter how small the effort, it all counts. Everyone has the
right to make positive healthy heart choices wherever they live, work and play.
Yet too often society blames the individual: you smoke, you eat and drink too
much, you dont exercise. But the environments we occupy can either encourage
or discourage the choices we make to be more heart healthy and everybody has
the right to choose to be heart healthy, no matter where they live work and
play.
Indian Association
of Clinical Cardiologists (IACC) with
World Heart Federation strive for a country where there are at least 25%
fewer premature deaths from CVD by 2025. Thats why we and our 2500+ members
work courageously to end needless deaths from exposure to tobacco and other
risk factors, lack of access to treatment, and neglected conditions like
rheumatic heart disease which kills hundreds of thousands of children each
year. Across the country, with its members, the Indian Association of
Clinical Cardiologists (IACC) with World Heart Federation works to
build national commitment to addressing cardiovascular health at the policy level,
generates and exchanges ideas, shares best practice, advances scientific
knowledge and promotes knowledge transfer to tackle CVD the worlds number one
killer.
Indian Association
of Clinical Cardiologists (IACC) with
World Heart Federation is at the heart of driving the CVD agenda and
advocating for better heart health enabling people to live longer, better and
more heart healthy lives whoever and wherever they are.
WITH BEST REGARDS
DR.RAJESH
RAJAN
PRESIDENT - INDIAN ASSOCIATION OF
CLINICAL CARDIOLOGISTS
EDITOR - Indian Journal of Clinical Cardiology
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