Fausto J. Pinto received at the World Health Organization
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Presidente da OMS, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, e o Professor Fausto Pinto, Diretor da Faculdade de Medicina

The meeting between Professor Fausto J. Pinto, President of the World Heart Federation and Director of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon (FMUL), and the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, took place on 23 June in Geneva, Switzerland,

The purpose of this meeting was to discuss and strengthen the collaboration between both parties in the global fight against cardiovascular diseases, which continues to be the number one cause of death worldwide.

Data advanced by the WHO point to 18 million and 500 thousand deaths per year, just from diseases related to the cardiovascular system, which translates into 31% of the total deaths worldwide, in a single year. This information becomes more impactful when we know that most of these deaths could have been prevented by changing lifestyle habits in a timely manner and by early monitoring.