Heart Beat News – February 2022

Feb 24, 2022

In the February edition of FH Europe’s Heart Beat newsletter you’ll find the following:

  • News of the appointment of two new trustees to our board and a Senior Policy Manager within our team.
  • Information about a webinar we are hosting on Rare Diseases Day (28th Feb) dedicated to Homozygous Familial Hypercholesteraemia (HoFH).
  • A response to the open letter we collaborated on, outlining the burden of FH in the context of CVD to the French President. Details of awareness-raising activities in Latvia to promote women’s heart health.
  • The results of an FH screening programme in Germany.
  • A cholesterol education programme in Belgium.
  • How we are contributing to a new report from The World Heart Federation called World Heart Vision 2030.
  • A Global Heart Hub COVID-19 Response Campaign for public awareness of heart health.
  • An invitation to join Global Heart Hub’s Inspire Patient Advocacy session on 7th March.
  • Details of a retrospective of a landmark global study into homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia published in The Lancet.
  • A series of free events from The Stroke Alliance for Europe for 2022.

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FH Europe is registered as a charity; Charity number 1170731, registered in England and Wales.

FH Europe is registered as a charity; Charity number 1170731, registered in England and Wales.

FH Europe is supported by an educational grant from Amgen Limited, Sanofi, Regeneron, Akcea Therapeutics Inc. and Amryt
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