News The World Heart Federation (WHF) is dedicated to working with national heart foundations - such as the Swiss Heart Foundation in Switzerland - in the fight against heart disease and strokes as the leading causes of death worldwide. Since 2009, Frédérique Constant has been working alongside charitable organizations involved in the fight against heart disease. The brand is currently supporting the World Heart Federation’s "Hearts of Children" international awareness-raising campaign. The focus of these activities is to prevent the disease in women and children. The aim is to increase awareness of the importance of cardiovascular diseases and of the risk factors, so that fewer people are affected by or die from preventable cardiovascular diseases.
In order to support the project locally, Frédérique Constant organized a charity gala dinner in aid of the Swiss Heart Foundation and the "Hearts of Children" initiative in conjunction with renowned Zurich watchmaking specialists Türler Uhren & Juwelen at the Savoy Hotel Baur en Ville in Zurich. The World Heart Federation was represented by CEO Johanna Ralston and the Swiss Heart Foundation by its President, Prof. Ludwig von Segesser, Director of Cardiovascular Research at Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), together with their Managing Director, Therese Junker. In his evening lecture, Prof. Von Segesser impressed on his audience the often tragic fates of children with cardiac problems, but also pointed to what research has already achieved in this area and the promising developments that lie ahead.
September 17, 2013
