World Heart Day is celebrated on September 29 every year to increase public awareness of cardiovascular diseases, including their prevention and their global impact.
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Key-Points
This initiative was launched in 2000 by the World Heart Federation as an annual event and gets celebrated on 29th day of September ever since.
World Heart Day is commemorated to promote different preventive steps and changes in lifestyle to avoid any cardiovascular diseases, like heart attack, stroke, heart failure and any other condition related to the same.
On an average, more than 17 million people die from heart-related illnesses every year.
