World Heart Day
Date: 25 September (Last Sunday of September)
World Heart Day is celebrated on the last Sunday of September annually, organised by the World Heart Federation (WHF) and its members and co-sponsored by the World Health Organisation (WHO), UNESCO and International Year of Sport and Physical Education, is the WHF's most important advocacy event and aims to increase public awareness and promote preventative measures to reduce cardiovascular disease and stroke. Begun in 1999 with the vision that all WHF members could collectively help to curb the global pandemic of cardiovascular disease, which claims 17 million lives world-wide annually, World Heart Day is now celebrated by members and non-members alike in more than 100 countries around the world.
For more information please visit worldheartday.com
