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Don't Miss a Beat: how Cities@Heart and its partners marked World Heart Day 2026 World Heart Day (29 September) is a global moment to raise awareness of cardiovascular disease (CVD), the world's leading cause of death. This year, partners across the Cities@Heart consortium marked the day with a webinar in Belfast, a public campaign in İzmir, and a Dress Red Day in Utrecht, alongside a week-long online campaign from the project. Why World Heart Day

New video series highlights how seven WHO Healthy Cities will strengthen local action to prevent cardiovascular disease through the Cities@Heart project. How can cities play a leading role in reducing the burden of cardiovascular disease? A new series of videos from the Cities@Heart project gives the floor to representatives from the participating WHO European Healthy Cities, who share how they plan to use the project to strengthen local interventions, foster collaboration an

The two-day Cities@Heart Kick-Off Meeting, held on January 27–28, 2026, at Novartis, Basel, marked the official start of a five-year collaboration aimed at reducing cardiovascular disease (CVD) and tackling health inequalities in urban communities . A shared vision for healthier cities Cities@Heart brings together universities, city governments, patient organisations, industry partners, and international bodies including the World Health Organization (WHO) and the European S