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National Heart Foundation is a health advocacy group and welfare organisation and is located in Dhaka, Bangladesh.[1][2]
| 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 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]
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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