HFATW is an international organization and an affiliated member of the WHF that promotes CVD prevention worldwide through a membership network of over 1000 cardiologists in more than 100 countries. A WHO/HFATW joint project is being established for the continuing medical education of health personnel in low-and middle-income countries.

The organization Heart Friends Around the World is a free association of people, mainly cardiologists and heart patients, which was founded in Italy in 1994 in order to promote the prevention and rehabilitation of cardiovascular disease in the world, above all in low- and medium-income countries.

In its activities the association has been supported by the Associazione Italiana Amici del Cuore, which has economically contributed to HFATW’s growth and development since the year 2000. This has been made possible also thanks to an international network of friendship and communication among different countries. (More info)