IAHF

This year was very important for the InterAmerican Heart Foundation (IAHF) and we want to share with you, our friends and colleagues, the highlights of this year’s hard work.

On September 17th, heads of state and government along with civil society were convened at the United Nations NYC Headquarters for a High-Level Meeting on Non-Communicable diseases (NCDs). At the IAHF we worked hard to make this a successful meeting. Together with allied organizations in tobacco and NCDs control in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and with global organizations like the NCD Alliance and the World Heart Federation (WHF) we pushed for a strong show of civil society and Heads of State and Government. As we now look forward to the future, more needs to be done to ensure government accountability in the years ahead.

The InterAmerican Heart Foundation also continues to carry out country and regional research in LAC that aligns with our heart health and chronic disease prevention mission. For example, this year we completed a comprehensive project funded by the WHF to provide a situational analysis in twelve LAC countries on the state of their national cardiovascular disease and NCDs prevention and management programmes and guide the advocacy efforts in those countries. We also continued to support the promotion of healthy changes in the nutrition environment with projects involved in salt reduction and obesity prevention.

Other important efforts to note this year are our concerted work with Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK) and our affiliate FIC Bolivia to pass a comprehensive tobacco control law in Bolivia that is sorely needed, the promotion of a clear front of package nutritional labelling of processed foods in several countries, and with the American Heart Association the start of an international coalition advancing global cardiovascular health using data science.

However, to continue advocating with governments for policy change, to strengthen civil society, to perform relevant local research or to educate the public, we need your support to move forward.

So please consider donating to the InterAmerican Heart Foundation and join our list of Individual Benefactors.

All those who contribute up to $50 US (and who agree to be named) will be listed on our website as Friends, those contributing between $51 and $499 US will be recognized as Supporters and those who contribute $500 or more will be designated as Patrons. Our benefactors will also be acknowledged in publications, conferences and others.

On behalf of the Board of Directors of the InterAmerican Heart Foundation, we ask you to consider becoming a friend, a supporter or a patron. Tax receipts are available for donors upon request.

Thank you in advance for your support.

There are three convenient ways to make your contribution:

Donate vía Check:
Please send your contribution by check drawn on a US bank to:
InterAmerican Heart Foundation, Inc.
7272 Greenville Ave.
Dallas, Texas 75231-4596, USA

Contribute via Paypal:

Please consider making a one time or recurring monthly donation to the InterAmerican Heart Foundation via Paypal.


Contribute vía Bank Transfer:
You may also send your contribution via wire transfer. For more information, please contact Mr. Javier Valenzuela vía email.

For sponsorships, research or other special arrangements, please contact Dr. Eugenia Ramos, Executive Director, vía email.