Organisations

Information is collected here on organisations that are working to prevent and/or minimise the harm associated with cardiovascular disease. Links to Indigenous organisations throughout Australia have been provided where possible. For a comprehensive list of links related to Indigenous health generally, view the series of HealthInfoNet links webpages. » Links

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Australian Cardiac Rehabilitation Association
The Australian Cardiac Rehabilitation Association Inc (ACRA) is a national association of multidisciplinary health professionals involved in cardiac rehabilitation and the prevention of cardiac disease. The site is intended to support health professionals who are currently working in the field of cardiac rehabilitation or wish to find out more about cardiac rehabilitation.
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Australian Medical Association (AMA)
The AMA is an independent organisation which represents more than 27,000 doctors, including salaried, private, general practitioners, specialists, teachers, researchers, and doctors in training. The AMA, as the peak health advocacy organisation, exists to advance the professional interests of doctors and the health of the community. The Association has also developed a position statement on preventable chronic disease strategies in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
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Baker Heart Research Institute
The Baker Heart Research Institute is one of Australia’s most distinguished cardiovascular research centres and one of the world’s leading organisations investigating the causes and complications, treatment and prevention of heart, stroke and vascular disease.
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Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ)
This website provides information of interest to both cardiac specialists and health professionals. It gives health professionals access to online practice guidelines, news and views, meeting information, training competence, and working groups. It also gives students and practicing professionals the opportunity to access scholarship/fellowship information, career opportunities, and a membership directory.
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Cardiomyopathy Association of Australia
The Cardiomyopathy Association of Australia boasts over 200 financial members throughout Australia plus a number of complimentary members. This base includes people with cardiomyopathy and their families and friends, GPs, cardiologists, cardiac nurses, psychologists, and group memberships from cardiac units in hospitals and cardiac rehabilitation programs. The association aims to help individuals and families to meet, provide up-to-date information, increase public awareness, and foster medical research in the field.
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Heart Support Australia
Heart Support Australia Ltd is a National, volunteer, not-for-profit support organisation providing support, information and encouragement for people with a heart condition and their families. Heart Support Australia also provides, in collaboration with health professionals and affiliated organisations, an organised approach to the enhancement of quality of life for Australians and their families affected by cardiovascular disease. Heart Support Australia is committed to the establishment of self-help management programs and the adoption of nationwide information and rehabilitation initiatives for people with a heart condition.
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National Heart Foundation of Australia
The Heart Foundation is an independent Australia-wide, non-profit health organisation, funded almost entirely by donations from Australians. It has been fighting heart disease in Australia for nearly 40 years and first began as a voluntary organisation of doctors. In 1961 a very successful 'Heart Fund Campaign' was conducted from which money was raised to establish offices in each state of Australia. Since then the Heart Foundation has established itself as one of the leading health agencies in Australia in the fight against heart disease.
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National Stroke Foundation
The National Stroke Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation that works with government, health professionals, patients, carers and consumers on minimising the impact of stroke on the Australian community. The Foundation strives to reduce the impact of stroke by promoting and conducting research into the incidence, causes and treatment of stroke; working with all stakeholders to develop and implement a national policy on the prevention and management of stroke; educating the public about the risk factors and early warning signs of stroke and promoting healthier lifestyles; and encouraging the development of comprehensive and coordinated services for all stroke patients and their families.
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International

American Heart Association
The American Heart Association is a national voluntary health agency whose mission is to reduce disability and death from cardiovascular diseases and stroke. Since 1949, the American Heart Association has grown rapidly in size, and involvement with medical and non-medical volunteers. The volunteer-led affiliates and their divisions form a national network of local organizations involved in providing research, education, and community programs. The network continues to gain strength as it expands at the grass-roots level.
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American Society of Hypertension (ASH)
ASH is the largest US organization dedicated exclusively to hypertension and related cardiovascular disease. The mission of the Society is to organize and conduct educational activities designed to promote and encourage the development, advancement, and exchange of scientific information in all aspects of research, diagnosis, and treatment of hypertension, and related cardiovascular diseases.
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American Stroke Association
The American Stroke Association is the division of the American Heart Association that is solely focused on reducing disability and death from stroke through research, education, fundraising and advocacy. The Association offers a wide array of programs, products and services, from patient education materials to scientific statements.
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British Heart Foundation (BHF)
The BHF funds research into all aspects of heart and circulatory disease. They currently support over 30 BHF professors and around 1,200 individual research projects. The aim of the Foundation is to save and improve lives, through research, publications, campaigns and information line, people are encouraged to take their heart health into their own hands.
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British Cardiac Society
The British Cardiac Society was established in 1922, and is a charitable body. Key members include UK cardiologists and cardiac surgeons, doctors, and healthcare professionals. The Society is involved in education, the setting of clinical standards and research into heart and circulatory diseases. The website is designed both for BCS members and for all those interested in cardiology.
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European Heart Network (EHN)
Based in Brussels, the EHN is an alliance of member organisations including heart foundations and other non-governmental heart health organisations committed to the prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in Europe. EHN's mission is to play a leading role through networking, collaboration and advocacy in the prevention and reduction of cardiovascular disease (CVD) so that it will no longer be a major cause of premature death and disability throughout Europe.
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European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
The foundation goal of the ESC is to foster the development of cardiology, to further scientific exchanges, to encourage personal contacts and to establish standards of training for cardiologists and those who work in the field of cardiovascular disease. The ESC has now broadened its goals and is dedicated to improving the quality of life of the European population by reducing the impact of cardiovascular disease.
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National Heart Forum (NHF)
The NHF coordinates action to reduce coronary heart disease risk through information, education, research, policy development and advocacy. The mission of the NHF is to work with and through its members to prevent disability and death from coronary heart disease in the UK. In order to achieve this, the NHF operates nationwide and internationally.
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National Heart Foundation of New Zealand
The National Heart Foundation of New Zealand is the charity that leads the fight against cardiovascular disease (heart,stroke and blood vessel disease) in New Zealand. They are an evidence-based organisation providing a strong scientific voice on heart and circulatory disease. The Foundation strives to meet the needs of diverse ethnic communities whilst demonstrating by their practices, commitments to the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi.
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World Heart Federation
The activities of the World Heart Federation fall under three areas: supporting science, education and training, and advocating. This site are provides complete descriptions and information on heart health around the world under these three main areas. Two specific initiatives of the World Heart Federation, The Forum for Global CVD Prevention, and World Heart Day combine all elements of this work but targeting the scientific community and the general public respectively.
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Last updated: 30 April 2008