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The National Heart Forum (NHF) is a leading charitable alliance of 65 national organisations working to reduce the risk of coronary heart disease and related conditions such as stroke, diabetes and cancer.

Our purpose is to co-ordinate public health policy development and advocacy among members drawn from professional representative bodies, consumer groups, voluntary and public sector organisations. 

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Who we are

The NHF, a registered charity, is both a UK Forum and an international centre for the prevention of avoidable chronic diseases including coronary heart disease, stroke, cancer and diabetes.

The NHF undertakes policy research and advocacy to support action by government, the public sector and commercial operators.

As an alliance, the NHF is uniquely placed to develop and promote consensus-based healthy public policy and to coordinate public health advocacy.  The NHF is also an authoritative information provider on all aspects of chronic disease prevention.

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Prevention

Avoidable chronic diseases account for the greatest healthcare and social burden of disease and assessments show that investing in prevention is cost-effective and will reduce short and long -term demands on both health and social care services. 

Our focus is the prevention of cardiovascular disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, cancer, overweight and obesity, respiratory disease and  hypertensive disease and the shared, modifiable risk factors of physical inactivity, poor nutrition and tobacco and alcohol use.

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Our work

The NHF works to tackle the modifiable risk factors and the wider economic, social and environmental determinants of avoidable chronic diseases.

As an alliance we work with and through our members to reduce the risk of coronary heart disease and related conditions such as stroke, diabetes and cancer.

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Networking

The NHF facilitates working relationships between members and policy-makers to strengthen and develop public health capacity.

We provide various networking opportunities through our events, seminars and collaborations.

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Resources

The NHF is a key expert centre providing a range of comprehensive information services to support those working to prevent avoidable chronics disease.

We provide free access to our web-based and digitally based information resources. 

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NHF Information Services

Read about the National Heart Forum's free public health information services, all of which are available electronically from the this website and our sister websites. Simply visits the resources section of the site to start accessing our services.

For more information on any of these services, please contact us.


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07 February 2012

Copenhagen School of Global Health, University of Copenhagen 07/02/2012 - 14/02/2012 PhD level course in Global Health Policy, 7-14 February 2012. In this course, students learn about institutions and frameworks for international health policy, national health development and global health governance, improving health services, making and implementing policies in a global context, and health policy changes and challenges. Aim and content The course will provide an overview of the historical and institutional underpinnings of international health policy, leading to discussion of the current debates in the field. On successful completion of the course students should be able to: • demonstrate an understanding of the tensions and debates in international health policy and how they influence present course of policy development • apply the capacity for critical assessment of contemporary trends and developments in international health policy • know how to engage with health policy making at the international level Course details The 6 day course in health policy is taught by an international team from a diverse professional base. The course will focus on the theory and practice of global health policy through policy analysis, reviews of a policy book, as well as an in-class group presentation. More specifically, the six course days will be outlined as follows: 1. Basics of health policy 2. Introduction to global health institutions and governance architecture 3. Context for health development: macroeconomics; trade; development assistance 4. Health system development: vertical vs. horizontal vs. diagonal approaches 5. Global policy processes and instruments 6. Policy case studies The course leader is Professor Maximilian de Courten from the Copenhagen School of Global Health. Other lecturers include Professor Vivian Lin and Associate Professor David Legge from La Trope University. Admission Admission to the course is administered by the Copenhagen Graduate School of Health Sciences. You can find further information on lecturers, price and objectives, as well as a link to the online application form on the website of the Research Programme in Global Health: www.globalhealth.ku.dk/phd

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