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Recordings overview

S14 - Beating hearts: a vision for cardiovascular health and equity

Session description

As the EHFG 2025 explores how health can repair Europe's social contract, this session will focus on the urgent need to address cardiovascular disease and the emerging consensus for a comprehensive EU-wide cardiovascular health plan.Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death and disability in Europe. It is also deeply connected with socio-economic and gender inequality. Following the robust response to the COVID-19 pandemic and Europe's Beating Cancer Plan, this session will discuss the case for an ambitious strategic plan to improve cardiovascular health across the region. Such a plan would address a pressing health need, help deliver on broader resilience, security and competitiveness agendas, and demonstrate that the EU protects all citizens regardless of geography, gender, or background through concrete actions rooted in fairness, prevention, and the public good.The panel brings together patients, healthcare professionals, and policy experts to examine how evidence-based policy grounded in equity and solidarity principles can promote cardiovascular health and strengthen social bonds that unite European societies.

Speakers in this session

Grabovac, Igor
Grabovac, IgorDepartment of Social and Preventive Medicine
Gunther, Penilla
Gunther, PenillaEuropean Patient Safety Foundation
Palkonen, Susanna
Palkonen, SusannaEuropean Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients' Associations
Pinto, Fausto
Pinto, FaustoUniversity Hospital Santa Maria
Price, Susanna
Price, SusannaEuropean Society of Cardiology
Morrissey, Mike
Morrissey, MikeMSD
Várhelyi, Olivér
Várhelyi, OlivérEuropean Commissioner for Health and Animal Welfare
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