Finnish Heart Association
The Finnish Heart Association is a public health and patient organisation promoting heart health. The Association provides information on health, encourages towards a healthy lifestyle and supports rehabilitation.
The Finnish Heart Association comprises over 80 000 individual members, 19 regions, 238 local societies and the nation-wide organisations for young heart patients (Finnish Association for Heart Children and Adults), heart or lung transplanted patients (SYKE ry) and cardiomyopathy patients (Karpatiat ry).
News and Newsletters
Heart Matters - Finland
World Heart Day highlights the importance of workplace wellness
25.09.2009
To mark World Heart Day 2009 on Sunday 27 September, more than a hundred national heart associations around the globe will be hard at work with a series of events and activities put together to raise ...
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The launch of the European Heart Health Charter in Finland
19.11.2007
The official signing of the charter took place on 25 September in the National Parliament. Organised by the Finnish Heart Association (FHA) and the Finnish Cardiac Society (FCS), the ceremony included...
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European Heart Health Charter Crosses Borders to Fight CVD
12.06.2007 Brussels
Recognising that Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) kills almost half of thepopulation of Europe and costs the EU €169 billion annually, the European Heart Health Charter wasconceived by the European Socie...
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The Finnish Heart Plan is based on the work done for North Karelia Project
27.10.2006 klo 12:00
The Finnish Heart Association (FHA) has launched the Finnish Heart Plan in the beginning of 2006 to influence the social, economical, environmental and cultural background factors of cardiovascular he...
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