National Heart Foundation (Bangladesh)

National Heart Foundation

Formation	1979
Headquarters	Dhaka, Bangladesh
Coordinates	23°46′N 90°21′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

1. ".:: Welcome to National Heart Foundation of Bangladesh ::". nhf.org.bd. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
2. "Green Delta Donates National Heart Foundation". The Daily Star. 23 February 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
3. Mesbahuddin, Mir. "National Heart Foundation". Banglapedia. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
4. "Valve repair for rare heart disease now in Dhaka". The Daily Star. 30 August 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
5. "74.8% tobacco products sold without pictorial warnings: Study". The Daily Star. 19 April 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
6. "App for heart patients launched". The Daily Star. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
7. "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.
8. "Nupur returns home after groundbreaking surgery". The Daily Star. 30 August 2019.
9. "Doctors at NICVD now perform 'total laparoscopic bypass surgery'". bdnews24.com. 26 September 2019.