Organization:National Heart Foundation (Bangladesh)
| Formation | 1979 |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] 23°46′N 90°21′E / 23.767°N 90.35°E |
Region served | Bangladesh |
Official language | Bengali |
| Website | National Heart Foundation |
National Heart Foundation is a health advocacy group and welfare organisation and is located in Dhaka, Bangladesh.[1][2]
History
National Heart Foundation was founded in 1979. The foundation established the Heart Diseases Institute and Hospital in Mirpur.[3][4] Brigadier General Abdul Malik, national professor of Bangladesh, founded the foundation.[5] The foundation released a smartphone app for heart patients in Bangladesh.[6]
On 31 May 2018, the NHFD received the a World No Tobacco Day award by the governmental Health Service Division of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare for its "contribution to tobacco control" in the country and the vital role played "for prevention & control of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in Bangladesh".[7]
Milestone
For the first time, The National Heart Foundation of Bangladesh (NHFB) had conducted MICS.[8] Dr. Asraful Hoque Sium was the surgeon of this operation.[9]
References
- ↑ ".:: Welcome to National Heart Foundation of Bangladesh ::." (in en). http://www.nhf.org.bd/.
- ↑ "Green Delta Donates National Heart Foundation" (in en). 23 February 2012. http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-223551.
- ↑ Mesbahuddin, Mir. "National Heart Foundation" (in en). Banglapedia. http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=National_Heart_Foundation.
- ↑ "Valve repair for rare heart disease now in Dhaka" (in en). 30 August 2015. http://www.thedailystar.net/health/valve-repair-rare-heart-disease-now-dhaka-134680.
- ↑ "74.8% tobacco products sold without pictorial warnings: Study" (in en). 19 April 2016. http://www.thedailystar.net/health/748-tobacco-products-sold-without-pictorial-warnings-study-1211158.
- ↑ "App for heart patients launched" (in en). 26 July 2017. http://www.thedailystar.net/city/app-heart-patients-launched-1438762.
- ↑ "The National Heart Foundation of Bangladesh is granted the World No Tobacco Day Award 2018" (in en). June 4, 2018. https://www.world-heart-federation.org/news/national-heart-foundation-bangladesh-granted-world-no-tobacco-day-award-2018/.
- ↑ "Nupur returns home after groundbreaking surgery" (in en). The Daily Star. 30 August 2019. https://www.thedailystar.net/city/news/nupur-returns-home-after-groundbreaking-surgery-1792813.
- ↑ Correspondent, Senior. "Doctors at NICVD now perform 'total laparoscopic bypass surgery'". https://bdnews24.com/health/2019/09/26/doctors-at-nicvd-now-perform-total-laparoscopic-bypass-surgery.
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