Media Releases and Notices

World Hypertension Day 2025

15/05/2025

Salt Awareness Week 2025

08/05/2025

New Coalition Calls For Urgent Action To Address Rising Stroke Crisis 2025

09/04/2025

World Health Day 2025

03/04/2025

World Obesity Day 2025

27/02/2025

Valentine’s Day 2025

28/01/2025

Illness and Deaths Linked To Food Consumption From Unregulated Shops 2024

11/11/2024

World Stroke Day and World Stroke Week 2024

23/10/2024

World Heart Day Press Release 2024

23/09/2024

Heart Awareness Month 2024 Press Release

22/08/2024

Rheumatic Fever Week 2024 Press Release

31/07/2024

Employee Wellness Week

26/06/2024

“Stop sliding into my DMs!” – World No Tobacco Day 2024

30/05/2024

World Hypertension Day 2024 Press Release

13/05/2024

World Health Day 2024 Press Release

05/04/2024

WOD24 Press Release

27/02/2024

Valentine’s Month 2024

29/01/2024

World Stroke Week 2023 Press Release

19/10/2023

World Heart Day Press Release 2023

27/09/2023

Heart Awareness Month Press Release 2023

24/08/2023

Rheumatic Fever Week Press Release

28/07/2023

Employee Wellness Press Release 2023

27/06/2023

World No Tobacco Day Media Release

29/05/2023

Salt Awareness Week and World Hypertension Day – 2023

15/05/2023

World Health Day 2023

30/03/2023

World Stroke Day 2021

25/10/2021

Heart Awareness Month 2021

30/08/2021

Women’s Day 2021 Statement

03/08/2021

Rheumatic Fever Week 2021

02/08/2021

Employee Wellness Week 2021

30/06/2021

World No Tobacco Day 2021

24/05/2021

World Hypertension Day – “Measure Your Blood Pressure Accurately, Control It, Live Longer”

07/05/2021

World Health Day – Building a Fairer, Healthier World.

29/03/2021

KNORROX IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HEART & STROKE FOUNDATION PRESENTS “MORE FLAVOUR, LESS SALT”

04/03/2021

World Obesity Day #EveryBodyNeedsEverybody

01/03/2021

Valentine’s Day – Love Is In The Brain #LoveYourBrain

08/02/2021

World Stroke Day 2020

28/10/2020

National Nutrition & Obesity Week 2020

07/10/2020

World Heart Day 2020

25/09/2020

A Healthy Heart and a Happy Ocean

02/09/2020

Heart Awareness Month – September 2020

30/08/2020

Rheumatic Fever Week – All you need to know

28/07/2020

Taking Employee Wellness to the Heart and Brain during COVID-19

02/07/2020

31 May, World No Tobacco Day 2020: Protecting Our Youth from Industry Influence

27/05/2020

World Health Day – Support Nurses, Midwives and all our Healthcare Professionals

06/04/2020

Falling in Love or having a Heart Attack

30/03/2020

Salt Awareness Week 2020

30/03/2020

World Obesity Day – 4 March 2020

30/03/2020

ACC.20/WCC in Chicago is Canceled

10/03/2020

E-Cigarette Press Release

17/09/2019

Heart Awareness Month 2019

25/08/2019

Heart Awareness Month 2019: My Heart, Your Heart and the hearts of all South Africans

31 May, World No Tobacco Day 2019

30/05/2019

Out of the ashtray into the cloud

No form of smoking is healthy, and the Heart and Stroke Foundation South Africa supports the new proposed law to ban electronic smoking devices in South Africa. The Foundation is aligned to the position statement put out by the World Health Organization.

Salt Report: High Level Salt Meeting 2018

16/04/2019

A report on the second high level salt reduction consultation meeting 

Salty South Africa – Are we doing better after legislation?

11/04/2019

WHF Agenda 5.4

25/01/2019

Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Breakfast, the best way to start your day

02/10/2018

National Nutrition Week and Obesity Week combined theme 9 – 19 October

Removal of refined grains from the Heart Mark Criteria

05/09/2018

Heart Awareness Month: My Heart, Your Heart and the hearts of all South Africans

31/08/2018

Rheumatic Fever Week: A sore throat can break hearts

01/08/2018

Employee Wellness Week: Looking after South Africa’s workforce

04/07/2018

World No Tobacco Day 2018: Tobacco Breaks Hearts

25/05/2018

World Hypertension Day 2018: A focus on older adults

15/05/2018

World Health Day 2018

05/04/2018

Universal Health Coverage: Everyone. Everywhere #HealthForAll #7April

October: Stroke Awareness Month

23/02/2018

Obesity – A ticking time bomb

16/10/2017

National Nutrition Week 2017

09/10/2017

Tobacco smoking threatens childhood development

27/09/2017

Salty South Africa – Are we doing better after legislation?

27/09/2017

Red cross handover

27/09/2017

Getting smart about little hearts

27/09/2017

Power up for Heart Awareness Month

27/09/2017

World Heart Day 2017

25/09/2017

The Hatter Institute, the Heart and Stroke Foundation SA and the SA Heart Association joins with other member countries, to partner with the WHF initiative in calling for us all to ‘share the power’ by joining together and inspiring people in South Africa, the African region and around the globe to make the small lifestyle changes that can make a powerful difference to heart health.

RHD Media release

07/07/2017

World Hypertension Day 2017

30/09/2016