Mission to Save Heart

Mission to Save Heart is a heart health education program launched in March 2015 with aim to empower health professionals to manage heart attacks and reduce deaths from heart disease in Nepal. It conducts trainings and continuing medical education on primary care of heart patients.^[1][2]

Mission to Save Heart

Native name	मिसन टु सेभ हार्ट
Date	28th March, 2015
Location	Kathmandu, Nepal
Motive	To provide training to health workers for managing heart attack patients,
Budget	2.5 million
Organized by	Om Murti Anil

Cardiovascular diseases is a major health problem not only in Nepal but also in low and middle income countries. According to the World Health Organization, " Over three quarters of CVD deaths take place in low- and middle-income countries".^[3] Cardiovascular diseases causes more than 27% of all deaths in Nepal. A 2018 World Health Organization report estimated 34,167 deaths due to coronary heart disease, representing 20.53% of total deaths in the country.^[4]

Events

Around 150 doctors from hospitals and medical colleges across Nepal took part in the first event. Experts spoke about the importance of early diagnosis and treatment . They explained how using ECG and giving clot-busting medicine like such as streptokinase within three hours of a heart attack could save lives. Along with training, this campaign also included free treatment of heart attack patients with poor financial background and for the purpose a fund of 2.5 million NPR was raised. Subsequently, the training was being conducted in different parts of the country for health professionals at primary care level.^[5]

Heart attacks in Nepal

The incidence of heart attack is rising in Nepal.^[6] Many healthy-looking adults in urban areas had risk factors for heart disease, such as high blood pressure and cholesterol.^[7]