National Heart Foundation (Bangladesh)
| Formation | 1979 |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Coordinates | 23°46′N 90°21′E / 23.767°N 90.350°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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ ".:: Welcome to National Heart Foundation of Bangladesh ::". nhf.org.bd. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- ^ "Green Delta Donates National Heart Foundation". The Daily Star. 23 February 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- ^ Mesbahuddin, Mir. "National Heart Foundation". Banglapedia. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- ^ "Valve repair for rare heart disease now in Dhaka". The Daily Star. 30 August 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- ^ "74.8% tobacco products sold without pictorial warnings: Study". The Daily Star. 19 April 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- ^ "App for heart patients launched". The Daily Star. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- ^ "The National Heart Foundation of Bangladesh is granted the World No Tobacco Day Award 2018". World Heart Federation. 4 June 2018. Archived from the original on 18 January 2020.
- ^ "Nupur returns home after groundbreaking surgery". The Daily Star. 30 August 2019.
- ^ "Doctors at NICVD now perform 'total laparoscopic bypass surgery'". bdnews24.com. 26 September 2019.
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