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New: Warning Signs of Heart Attack Resources Now Available in Other Languages

Our 'Will you recognise your heart attack?' action plan and patient fact sheet are now available in English and six other languages.

For more information, visit our Warning Signs of Heart Attack Coronary Heart Disease Patients webpage.

New: Heart Foundation practice tools for managing hypertension

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Time for Action
The Heart Foundation and the National Stroke Foundation have called for a national action plan to better tackle heart, stroke and vascular disease. A joint publication - 'Time for Action' - sets out the key elements that should be contained in a national action plan. These are mapped against the priorities set out in the 2005 National Service Improvement Framework for Heart, Stroke and Vascular Disease.

For further information about 'Time for Action' or the Heart Foundation's advocacy work, contact the Government Relations Manager, Rohan Greenland on (02) 6269 2632.

 Download 'Time for Action' 

'Time for Action': Heart Foundation Policy Proposals for Queensland 2009-2012
The Heart Foundation is calling on all political parties to support key policy porposals to make cardiovascular disease a health priority in Queensland. Cardiovascular disease is crippling our health system and the time for action is now.

 Download the proposal

ACDPA
The Heart Foundation is a member of the Australian Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance (ACDPA), an alliance of five non-government not-for-profit health organisations focused on the prevention, management and treatment of major chronic diseases in Australia.

The members of the ACDPA are:

• Diabetes Australia
• Kidney Health Australia
• National Heart Foundation of Australia
• National Stroke Foundation
• The Cancer Council Australia

The members work together in the prevention of chronic disease, initially by addressing the shared risk factors of nutrition and physical activity.
 

Conferences
World Heart Federation Cardiology Congress 2010
The Heart Foundation is pleased to annouce the opening of registrations to next year's World Heart Federation Cardiology Congress, to be held from 16-19 June in Beijing, China. Go to the World Heart Federation website for further information. 

11th International Symposium on Modern Concepts in Endocarditis and Cardiovascular Infections
The Heart Foundation is delighted to endorse the 11th ISCVI Conference being held from Sunday 24 - Tuesday 26 July 2011 at Palm Cove in Queensland. Further information is available on the Conference website.