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See the Women's Heart Bus schedule 2026

The Women's Heart Bus

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Brive la Gaillarde 14, 15 et 16 octobre

NEWS

High Blood Pressure: The Risk You Can't See

05/10/2026

According to Santé publique France, more than 55,000 deaths were attributable to hypertension in 2021, representing 8.5% of all deaths in France. 36% of hospitalizations for cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, or kidney diseases were related to hypertension, representing 385,000 patients. [...]

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The National Observatory on Women's Health, 4th Edition

30/09/2026

The latest edition of the ONSF’s *Agir pour le Cœur des Femmes* highlights a sad reality: every year in France, more women than men die from cardiovascular disease. The reasons for this disparity are well established: risk factors that exist yet are overlooked, gaps in care, and a lack of [...]

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More than 40% of prescriptions for estrogen-progestin contraceptives are contraindicated

28/09/2026

In observance of World Heart Day on September 29, the Agir pour le Coeur des Femmes Foundation reports that more than 40% of prescribed estrogen-progestin contraceptives are inappropriate for women with multiple cardiovascular risk factors. It is unacceptable today to die from a massive pulmonary [...]

NEWS

High Blood Pressure: The Risk You Can't See

05/10/2026

According to Santé publique France, more than 55,000 deaths were attributable to hypertension in 2021, representing 8.5% of all deaths in France. 36% of hospitalizations for cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, or kidney diseases were related to hypertension, representing 385,000 patients. [...]

NEWS

The National Observatory on Women's Health, 4th Edition

30/09/2026

The latest edition of the ONSF’s *Agir pour le Cœur des Femmes* highlights a sad reality: every year in France, more women than men die from cardiovascular disease. The reasons for this disparity are well established: risk factors that exist yet are overlooked, gaps in care, and a lack of [...]

NEWS

More than 40% of prescriptions for estrogen-progestin contraceptives are contraindicated

28/09/2026

In observance of World Heart Day on September 29, the Agir pour le Coeur des Femmes Foundation reports that more than 40% of prescribed estrogen-progestin contraceptives are inappropriate for women with multiple cardiovascular risk factors. It is unacceptable today to die from a massive pulmonary [...]

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Women's Heart Day

Next date

Condé sur l'Escaut 07 octobre

Our prevention materials

Prendre soin de ma santé cardio-vasculaire

IL EST URGENT D'AGIR - ET SI C’ÉTAIT VOUS ?

Je prends ma tension à la maison

Les maladies cardio-vasculaires chez la femme

Les effets du stress

Suivi de ma tension artérielle

La consommation de sel

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Testimonials

TESTIMONIAL

“I’ve been an emergency room doctor for 28 years. I’m very active—I exercise 7 hours a week: running, strength training, and walking. I’ve never smoked.My mother is 80 years old, a heavy smoker, but she has no cardiovascular issues. My father died young in an accident. I have no cholesterol [...]

Cathy, 58 years old

Emergency Physician, Bordeaux

TESTIMONIAL

“My heart stopped beating for 62 minutes.”Benjamin, Alexandra’s husband, recounts. “It’s May 21, 2021. I’m playing video games in the kitchen of our house. Alexandra is sitting on the living room couch, watching a TV show. She makes a strange noise, like snoring. I go over to check on [...]

Alexandra, 37

Compiègne, Administrative Assistant

TESTIMONIAL

“Four more days, Ms. Guyon, and we wouldn’t be talking today.” Those were my cardiologist’s words. Just writing them here sends a chill down my spine. On June 2, 2024, I was taking a walk with my family in the fields near our house. After 15 minutes of leisurely walking, my heart started [...]

Myriam, 50

Founder of Voyages Confidentiels, Paris area

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Anne-Charlotte Pontabry

I support Agir pour le Cœur des Femmes because we must make health and prevention a priority! Anne-Charlotte Pontabry

Christine Clerc

“Women have always been taught that their role is to ‘give life’ and to protect and save the lives of others: parents, companions, children, friends, neighbors. No one imagined that they might also have a fragile heart. Don’t women have the strongest hearts? Until the day it was discovered [...]