World Heart Day (WHD)

Annually, World Heart Day is marked globally on September 29th. The month of September/October every year is used by the Nigerian Heart Foundation to build core awareness about cardiovascular diseases and related issues and localizes the global theme to create events that are relevant to our population. Nigerian Heart Foundation partners with Government and their Agencies, Ministries, Corporate Organizations and the Media. The events are created to run for a month. Click here for more information on World Heart Day 2021.

Golf Tournaments

Golf tournaments are organised for Executives of organizations and Business sectors, to encourage them to engage in physical activities. During the tournaments, health promotion lectures are organized and health screenings are carried out.

Media

Nigerian Heart Foundation works with the Media to educate the public on the importance of healthy living and create awareness for Nigerian Heart Foundation programme through:

• Press Briefings

• Articles

• Press Release

• Reports

• Newsletters

World Milk Day

 

 

 

 

 

 

World Salt Awareness Week

World Salt awareness week is organized to call for more action; encourage individuals to read labels and choose foods with less salt and partner with food companies to provide the population with low salt options.

 

 

 

 

 

 

World Hypertension Day

 

 

 

 

 

 

Public Food Procurement Policy

 

 

 

 

 

 

Awareness on CPR and AED

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tobacco

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sugar Sweetening Beverages

 

 

 

 

 

 

Air Polution

 

 

 

 

 

 

Healthy Heart Bazaar

This is an annual event that brings food companies, producers of medical equipment, health organizations and civil society organizations, gym operators and individuals together and provides the opportunity to exhibit and educate the public. Nigerian Heart Foundation uses the event to further create awareness for the Nigerian Heart Foundation Heart Check Food Labelling Programme logo.

Nigerian Heart Foundation Heart Check Food Labelling Programme.

Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of death globally and locally, together with hypertension, tobacco use, and physical inactivity. Obesity is also a known risk factor for CVD that can make changes to heart structure and function. NHF works to combat obesity, to promote the prevention of Heart Disease and Stroke, and to empower Nigerians to live healthy lives.

Front-of-package food labelling (FOPL) is necessary to improve the diets of consumers in Nigeria and to decrease risk factors for Cardiovascular Disease. The NHF Heart Check Food Labelling Programme is in partnership with the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and the Food Industry. This program aims to bring about change by helping Nigerians make healthy food choices using FOPL. FOPL quickly informs consumers about the relative healthiness of products and warns against harmful products.

The NHF Heart Check Food Labelling Programme certifies food products to be healthy for consumption and heart-friendly by using acceptable criteria for sugars, total fat, saturated, trans fats and, salts which are critical nutrients associated with CVDs and other diet-related Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs). Our certification mark represents products that are healthier compared to similar foods.

Click here to download our protocol for the Nigerian Heart Foundation Heart Check Food Labelling Programme.