Noncommunicable diseases

 
 
 


Cardiovascular diseases (CVD)


The Eastern Mediterranean Region is facing a growing epidemic of cardiovascular diseases provoked  by a ageing population and socioeconomic changes. Worldwide cardiovascular diseases cause 17.5 million deaths every year and one in three deaths in the world are caused by cardiovascular diseases such as stroke, heart attack or heart failure.

 

The main cardiovascular diseases  are as follows: 

  • Hypertension

The main cardiovascular diseases risk factors:

  • Obesity

  • Tobacco use

  • Hypercholesterolemia

  • Unhealthy diet

  • Physical inactivity

  • Harmful use of alcohol

Cardiovascular strategy

Cardiovascular diseases fact sheet

Related associations

  • Gulf Heart Association

  • Egyptian Society of Cardiology

  • Saudi Heart Association

  • The Lebanese Society of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery

  • Algerian Society of Cardiology

  • Moroccan Society of Cardiology

  • Tunisian Society of Cardiology and Cardio-Vascular Surgery

  • Libyan Cardiac Society