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WHF and SASNET-Ghana call for action on heart diseases

The World Heart Federation (WHF) and the Stroke Association Supportnetwork-Ghana (SASNET-GHANA) have called for action on climate change and health inequity as millions of lives were at risk from cardiovascular disease, the world’s biggest killer. “Air pollution is responsible for 25 per cent of all CVD deaths, taking the lives…

CLIMATE CHANGE AND HEALTH INEQUITY A DEADLY MIX FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE: WORLD HEART FEDERATION

GENEVA, Sept. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ On World Heart Day, the World Heart Federation (WHF) is calling for urgent action onclimate change and health inequity, saying millions more lives are now at risk from cardiovascular disease, which is still the world's biggest killer. Climate change and air pollution are responsible for 25% of deaths from cardiovascular disease, killing 7 million people annually.[1] These deaths and the wider impacts of climate change disproportionately affect vulnerable populations. Professor Fausto Pinto, President of WHF: "Millions of already vulnerable people are doubly exposed to extreme weather events and limited access to healthcare. World leaders must step up efforts on the two biggest threats of our time: climate change and global health inequity." Alongside the World Health Organisation (WHO), WHF is calling on governments, civil society, and global industryto meet net-zero targets, to tackle global warming and curb air pollution, and to del

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