The World Heart Federation has been responsible for the organization of World Heart Days. The first World Heart Day was observed on September 29, 1999. On this day participating countries and NGOs working in them plan activities to spread more awareness about heart diseases, their causes, symptoms and how can one lead a heart healthy life.
World Heart Day-History and activities
World Heart Day Facts:
World Heart Day has been organized annually with the aim of making people aware of the global heart disease crisis. Several people to this day do not know how to recognize the symptoms of a heart disease. World Heart Day is organized to spread relevant knowledge about heart diseases, which in turn can help nullify myths around heart diseases. Here are a few World Heart Day facts:
- Nearly 17 million people die globally of heart disease, and most don’t possess relevant information about the disease in the first place.
- The World Heart Federation started with World Heart Day, to spread knowledge about Heart Diseases.
- The first World Heart Day was celebrated on September 26, 1999.
- For the next few years, World Heart Day was celebrated on the last Sunday of September.
- However, since 2013, World Heart is celebrated unilaterally on September 29, every year.
- Each Heart Day is celebrated along a certain fixed theme which helps spreading knowledge in a much easier way as promoters and organizers have to work around a very focused topic.
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