National Heart Foundation Hospital & Research InstituteDept. of Epidemiology and Research

World Heart Day · 29 September 2024

World Heart Day2024

For World Heart Day 2024 the National Heart Foundation of Bangladesh ran free heart camps for school students, led a rally outside the hospital and held an awareness seminar.

Theme: Use Heart for Action

The programme

The World Heart Federation's 2024 theme, “Use Heart for Action”, called on people and governments to act on heart health.

  • Free heart camps for students

    On 29 September 2024 doctors examined school students at free heart camps.

  • Rally

    Staff in World Heart Day shirts rallied outside the hospital with placards and red balloons.

  • Awareness seminar

    Speakers at the seminar discussed heart disease prevention for the public.

In pictures

Rally

8 photos
Staff with placards outside the National Heart Foundation Hospital & Research Institute.
Behind the World Heart Day 2024 banner.
Red balloons at the start of the rally.
Leading the rally with a megaphone.
Staff gather in front of the hospital.
Lining up with placards.
The rally on the road outside the hospital.
Placards with messages on heart health.

Free heart camps for students

7 photos
Students queue at a free heart camp, 29 September 2024.
Doctors at the free heart camp.
Examining school students.
A student's check-up.
Listening to a young student's heart.
Recording results at the camp.
The heart camp at the school.

Seminar

4 photos
Speakers at the awareness seminar.
A speaker addresses the seminar.
Addressing the audience.
The seminar audience.
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