AF Association Global AF Aware Week 2018

19th - 25th of November 2018 was AF Association Global AF Aware Week. With more than 200 awareness events held in the UK, it was a great success. Awareness events took place all over the world, including our US locations and going as far a field as India, New Zealand, Brazil and China.

150 patients, medical professionals and Members of Parliament attended our second Parliamentary event of the year, a reception held in the Terrace Pavillion in Westminster, to raise awareness of atrial fibrillation (AF).

Mr Barry Sheerman, MP for Huddersfield and chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on AF (APPG-AF), opened the speeches with a passionate talk on why AF awareness is so important to him personally, as his wife has AF.

Professor A. John Camm followed, speaking about the AF Association and presented certificates to all of the 2019 Healthcare Pioneer Award Winners. Attendees also heard from Professor Jamie Waterall of Public Health England, he spoke on what they are doing to raise awareness of atrial fibrillation. Ed Harding spoke about the ‘White Paper on inequalities and unmet needs in the detection of atrial fibrillation (AF) and use of therapies to prevent AF-related stroke in Europe’, which was launched the previous day. The report was also co-authored by Trudie Lobban MBE and Professor A. John Camm.

Thank you to everyone who took part in and supported AF Association Global AF Aware Week 2018.

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