National Heart Foundation (Bangladesh)

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National Heart Foundation
Formation1979
Headquarters Dhaka, Bangladesh
Coordinates 23°46′N90°21′E / 23.767°N 90.350°E / 23.767; 90.350
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]

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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]

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References

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  8. "Nupur returns home after groundbreaking surgery". The Daily Star. 30 August 2019.
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