National Heart Foundation (Bangladesh) Explained

National Heart Foundation
Formation:1979
Headquarters:Dhaka, Bangladesh
Coordinates:23.7667°N 111°W
Region Served:Bangladesh
Language:Bengali
Website:National Heart Foundation

National Heart Foundation is a health advocacy group and welfare organisation and is located in Dhaka, Bangladesh.[1] [2]

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History

National Heart Foundation was founded in 1979. The foundation established the Heart Diseases Institute and Hospital in Mirpur.[3] [4] Brigadier General Abdul Malik, national professor of Bangladesh, founded the foundation.[5] The foundation released a smartphone app for heart patients in Bangladesh.[6]

On 31 May 2018, the NHFD received the a World No Tobacco Day award by the governmental Health Service Division of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare for its "contribution to tobacco control" in the country and the vital role played "for prevention & control of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in Bangladesh".[7]

Milestone

For the first time, The National Heart Foundation of Bangladesh (NHFB) had conducted MICS.[8] Dr. Asraful Hoque Sium was the surgeon of this operation.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: .:: Welcome to National Heart Foundation of Bangladesh ::.. nhf.org.bd. 4 October 2017. en.
  2. Web site: Green Delta Donates National Heart Foundation. The Daily Star. 4 October 2017. en. 23 February 2012.
  3. Web site: Mesbahuddin. Mir. National Heart Foundation. en.banglapedia.org. Banglapedia. 4 October 2017. en.
  4. Web site: Valve repair for rare heart disease now in Dhaka. The Daily Star. 4 October 2017. en. 30 August 2015.
  5. Web site: 74.8% tobacco products sold without pictorial warnings: Study. The Daily Star. 4 October 2017. en. 19 April 2016.
  6. Web site: App for heart patients launched. The Daily Star. 4 October 2017. en. 26 July 2017.
  7. Web site: The National Heart Foundation of Bangladesh is granted the World No Tobacco Day Award 2018 . June 4, 2018 . en . . https://archive.today/20200118224815/https://www.world-heart-federation.org/news/national-heart-foundation-bangladesh-granted-world-no-tobacco-day-award-2018/ . January 18, 2020 . live.
  8. News: Nupur returns home after groundbreaking surgery . The Daily Star . 30 August 2019 . en.
  9. Web site: Correspondent . Senior . Doctors at NICVD now perform 'total laparoscopic bypass surgery' . bdnews24.com.

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