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General Enquiries
Questions about the material on this website should be directed to:
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Dr. Arun Chockalingam
Secretary General
Blusson Hall - 11016
Faculty of Health Sciences
Simon Fraser University
8888 University Drive
Burnaby, BC
V5A 1S6
Canada
Tel: +1 778-782-6952
Fax: +1 778-782-5927
Email: whlsec@sfu.ca |
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President
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Fu Wai Hospital
167 Beilishi Lu
Beijing, China 100037 | Phone: +86 10 6835 1990
Fax: +86 10 6835 1990
Fax: +86 10 6858 5833
Email: chlhypt@163bj.com |
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Vice President
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Department of Medicine
Royal Perth Hospital
GPO Box X 2213
Perth, Western Australia 6847, Australia | Phone: +61 08 9224 0258
Fax: +61 08 9224 0246
Email: lbeilin@cyllene.uwa.edu.au |
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Secretary General
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Secretary General
Blusson Hall - 11016
Faculty of Health Sciences
Simon Fraser University
8888 University Drive
Burnaby, BC
V5A 1S6
Canada
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Fax: +1 778-782-5927
Email: whlsec@sfu.ca |
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Officers at Large
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Dr. J. George Fodor, MD, PhD Professor of Medicine
Head of Research, Prevention and Rehabilitation Centre University of Ottawa Heart Institute
40 Ruskin Street, Room H-2101 Ottawa, ON K1Y 4W7 | Phone: 1 613 761 4785
Fax: 1 613 761 5309
Email: gfodor@ottawaheart.ca |
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Dr.
Graham MacGregor
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine Blood Pressure Unit
St. George's University of London
Cranmer Terrace,
London, SW17 0RE
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Phone: 44 (0)208 725 2848
Fax: 44 (0)208 725 2959
Email: gmacgreg@sgul.ac.uk
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Dr. Alfredo Duenas
Pasaje Gral. Lee # 19.
Santos Suarez. 10 de Octubre. Habana. Cuba CP 10500
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Phone: 53 7 836 0833
Email: prevcard@infomed.sld.cu
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Dr. Bruce Neal
The George Institute for International Health
Level 10 King George V Building Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Missenden Road
Camperdown
Sydney NSW 2050
Australia PO Box M201 |
Phone: +61 2 9993 4558
Fax: +61 2 9993 4502
Email: bneal@george.org.au
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Dr. Anita Rieder
Professor of Social Medicine Center for Public Health,
Institute of Social Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Rooseveltplatz 3,
1090 Vienna, Austria
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Phone: +43 1 4277 64680
Email: anita.rieder@meduniwien.ac.at
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Dr. Xin-Hua Zhang
Department of Community and Family Medicine
Faculty of Medicine
Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, SAR China
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Phone: 852-22528799
Fax: 852-26063500
Email: zhangxh@cuhk.edu.hk
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Editor, WHL Newsletter
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Editor, WHL Newsletter
Robert-Rossle-Strasse 10
13125 Berlin, Germany | Phone: +49 30 9406 2123
Fax: +49 30 9406 2123
Email: whl_kroke@web.de |
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Members for ISH
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President ISH |
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Cardiovascular Research Group
Core Technology Facility
46 Grafton Street
Manchester
M13 9NT | Phone: +44 (0)161 275 1199
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Secretary and President-Elect |
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Head, Department of Physiology
University of Melbourne
Melbourne
Victoria
3010
Australia | Phone: +61 3 8344 5836
Fax: +61 3 9349 4519
Email:
s.harrap@unimelb.edu.au |
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ISH Secretariat
Hampton Medical Conferences Ltd.
113-119 High Street
Hampton Hill
Middlesex
TW12 1NJ
United Kingdom |
Phone: +44 (0) 20 8979 8300
Fax: +44 (0) 20 8979 6700
Email: secretariat@ish-world.com |
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| WHO Liaison |
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Coordinator, CV Unit
Management of
Noncommunicable Dis.
WHO
20 Avenue Appia
CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland | Phone: +41 22 791 2111
Fax: +41 22 791 0746
Email: mendiss@who.int |
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History
That hypertension is a world-wide problem was clear from epidemiological studies
in the 1950's and 1960's. Research benefited greatly from the establishment of the
International Society of Hypertension (ISH), around 1964. The ISH congresses greatly
catalyzed exchange of research information; however, practical applications to populations
seemed to be lagging behind research. The concept of hypertension control in populations,
proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.S. National High Blood
Pressure Education Program, fell on fertile ground in the 1970's. National leagues
against hypertension started coming to life in a number of European countries (i.e.,
Italy, Germany, Belgium, Portugal, Greece). They had both medical and lay members,
and their aims were distinct from those of scientific societies.
In 1975 the idea of a European league was born in discussions between Dr. Franz
Gross of Heidelberg, Dr. Cesare Bartorelli in Milan, and Dr. Tom Strasser in Geneva
who, at that time, was working for the WHO. Drs. Gross and Bartorelli were members
of the WHO Expert Committee for Cardiovascular Diseases and were involved in a number
of WHO meetings on hypertension, in particular, mild hypertension. In 1973 WHO had
established a Mild Hypertension Liaison Committee to link the ongoing trials on
mild hypertension, preeminently a population problem.
In 1977 Dr. Bartorelli hosted a memorable conference at the Villa d'Este on Lake
Como, gathering sixteen personalities from eight countries, and the concept of a
European League Against Hypertension was formulated. A second conference was hosted
by Dr. Gross and the German League in Dusseldorf in 1980 which reinforced the idea
of cooperation between the existing national leagues and WHO. At the third conference,
which was jointly organized in Geneva in 1982 by the WHO and the International Green
Cross, the concept of a wider association of anti-hypertension leagues was clearly
defined, with aims ..."complementary to WHO's hypertension control activities".
As stated in the minutes of the conference, "A periodical newsletter ... should
be the best medium for circulating information among the member leagues and societies."
Drs. Gross and Strasser were assigned the task of drafting a blueprint of the bylaws.
These were revised and supplemented by Drs. L. Hansson and J. Menard and then circulated
to all national hypertension leagues and societies, including those outside Europe.
Seven months later, on June 1, 1983, the Fourth Conference of the Anti-Hypertension
Leagues and Societies, held in Milan, accepted the third draft of the Statutes,
and concluded to proceed with the establishment of the World Hypertension League
when at least seven national leagues (societies, committees) have declared the intention
to join. Candidates for membership quickly exceeded the magic number of seven, and
with the financial support of the International Green Cross, the WHL was registered
in Geneva as a non-profit international organization on January 4, 1984.
The first annual conference of the now officially established WHL took place in
Geneva on June 22, 1984, in the presence of the chairmen of fifteen national hypertension
leagues and societies (Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Holland,
Hungary, Israel, Italy, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the USA).
The WHL then developed steadily to attain in 1996, 72 Regular and Associate Members
and 13 Supporting Members. Over the 12 years of its existence, the WHL has held
major symposia, and a World Conference on Hypertension Control in 1995.
Presently, in 2007, the WHL has 85 member organizations and 1 supporting member,
for a total of 86 WHL member organizations.
WHL Symposium at ISH Meeting |
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October 15, 2006 |
Fukuoka, Japan |
WHL Regional Meeting and 10th Annual Scientific Meeting of EHS |
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April 5 - 7, 2006 |
Cairo, Egypt |
WHL Regional Meeting |
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October 16, 2005 |
Beijing, China |
WHL Regional Meeting and 9th Annual Scientific Meeting of EHS |
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April 6 - 9, 2005 |
Cairo, Egypt |
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Twentieth WHL Council Conference and Symposium: Community Control of Hypertension
with Special Emphasis on Central & Eastern Europe. Organized by the WHL and
the Czech Society of Hypertension. |
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April 24, 2004 |
Prague, Czech Republic |
Nineteenth WHL Council Conference & Workshop on Hypertension & Obesity. |
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June 22, 2002 |
Prague, Czech Republic |
Eighteenth WHL Council Conference & Workshop on Hypertension in the Elderly |
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May 7, 1999 |
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Seventeenth WHL Council Conference & Workshop on Hypertension and Congestive
Heart Failure |
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June 28, 1997 |
Montreal, Quebec |
World Conference on Hypertension Control Sixteenth Conference of the WHL Council |
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June 1995 |
Ottawa, Canada |
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Hypertension Control: Worldwide Experience. Jointly organized by the World Hypertension
League and the Canadian Coalition for High Blood Pressure Prevention and Control
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Fifteenth Conference of the WHL Council |
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Dec 1993 |
Padova, Italy |
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Topic:
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The WHL held Conference in conjunction with an international symposium on Communicating
in Hypertension and a symposium of the Italian League Against Hypertension on Secondary
Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease
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Fourteenth Conference of the WHL Council |
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May 1992 |
Berlin, Germany |
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A joint symposium of the World Hypertension League and the German Hypertension League
in conjunction with the 4th National Blood Pressure Conference |
Thirteenth Conference of the WHL Council |
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September 1991 |
Barcelona, Spain |
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The Economics of Hypertension Control - A Workshop of the World Hypertension League |
Twelvth Conference of the WHL Council
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March 1990 |
Leuven, Belgium |
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Scientific Meeting on Calcium Antagonists (organized by the Belgian Hypertension
Committee) and a Symposium on Alcohol and the Hypertensive Cardiovascular Diseases,
organized jointly by the World Hypertension League and the Belgian Hypertension
Committee |
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Acknowledgements
WHL gratefully acknowledges the support of:
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