From 3-6 October, the World Heart Federation – a founding member of RHD Action – was pleased to participate in the 63rd session of the WHO Committee Meeting for the Eastern Mediterranean Region. 22 countries – known as Member States – participated in the meeting, which was held in Cairo, Egypt.

World Heart Day is the World Heart Federation's (and the world's!) biggest platform for raising awareness about cardiovascular disease and this year Cape Town’s Table Mountain joined the list of global landmarks that were lit up in red on Thursday 29 September 2016. This year some of the 27 illuminated landmarks around the world were in Geneva, Dubai, Auckland, NZ, Shanghai and The Maldives.

On 9 September 2016, RHD Action was delighted to participate in ‘Listen to my Heart’: an event for people living with RHD, held alongside the Congress of SA Heart and the World Congress of Cardiothoracic Surgeons in Cape Town, South Africa.

The World Heart Federation – a founding member of RHD Action – was delighted to participate in the 66th African Regional Committee Meeting of the World Health Organization WHO, which was held from 19-23 August 2016 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.