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More and more support actions

In addition to raising funds, the initiatives organized in aid of Agir pour le Cœur des Femmes are a powerful communication tool to encourage all women to take care of their health, and they are multiplying.

More and more support actions

A convivial summer evening devoted to French chanson drew several hundred participants to Gigondas (84) on August 8, supported by Catherine Orphelin, Director of Agir pour le Cœur des Femmes.
The Charity Run organized on October 8 by the DDRS Club at Polytech Paris Saclay (77), brought together some sixty students. The funds raised were handed over to Erwan Martin, Délégué national.

 
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Continue to communicate, we healthcare professionals and the general public, around the 3 "A's" of Agir pour le Coeur des Femmes to save even more lives in our territories.

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) has become the leading cause of death in women, with 200 deaths a day in France, six times more than breast cancer. It's a medical and social emergency in France, but also in Europe, with almost one woman in two suffering from CVD: 20% ischemic heart disease due to [...]

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Ca va beaucoup mieux ! Podcast Hosts Prof. Claire Mounier-Vehier

Thanks to Michel Cymes and the Ca va beaucoup mieux, l'hebdo team on RTL for inviting me to share our alerts about women’s hearts and the ways we can save lives together! I talked about the delays in treatment for cardiovascular diseases among women, especially during this stressful lockdown [...]

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In the event of cardiac arrest, women are 2 times more likely to die than men

In public places, women are less likely to receive cardiac massage from a bystander than men, leading to more deaths among them. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(23)00875-9/abstract The first barrier is the lack of recognition of cardiac arrest as a male event. Yet [...]

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