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The Power of the Link

The co-founders of Agir pour le Cœur des Femmes were presented with the Colibri award by Élisabeth Moreno, President of the association La Puissance du Lien, at the end of the "Unis pour que Femme soit plus qu'un statut" conference held on March 8 and 9 at the Grand Rex in Paris. It highlights [...]

The success of our collaborative actions relies on our local relays and our Ambassadors.

Tell us your first impressions... Very positive! They confirmed what I thought: Agir pour le Coeur des Femmes is a well-honed organization with a particularly demanding level of professionalism. I was familiar with the Bus du Cœur, having brought it to Saintes when I was part of the hospital [...]

International Women's Rights Day 2024

Claire Mounier-Vehier and Thierry Drilhon were at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on March 8, at the invitation of the PWN Global Professional Women's Network, to speak on the subject of women's health and the need to take greater account of their specific characteristics, [...]

Check-ups really do reduce mortality

A study published in BMC Medicine shows that the health check-up offered since 2009 in the UK to adults aged 40 to 74 reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease and death in those who have received it. "This positive result is linked to "earlier detection of risk factors such as hypertension and [...]

Women's Heart Day, for even greater prevention!

The main aim of this new prevention initiative is to screen even more women in areas that are sometimes far from the healthcare system, and to do so in partnership with healthcare establishments such as hospitals, clinics, multidisciplinary health centers, etc. Complementing the Women's Heart [...]

Aortic aneurysm: male/female differences finally taken into account

An aneurysm is defined as an increase in the size (diameter) of an artery of more than 50% compared with the normal value: if the normal value is 20 mm, the anomaly starts at 30 mm. Aneurysms can be located in any artery, with particular attention paid to the aorta (the largest artery) in the [...]

Meeting with the Ambassadors

With 1,053 local healthcare professionals volunteering on the #busducoeurdesfemmes stages this year, each stopover town has become an ecosystem focused on women's health. In 37 stages over the past two years, nearly 9,000 women have been screened. All the medical data collected will be analyzed [...]

Le Bus du Coeur des Femmes, a 16-stop tour of France 2024

After an eventful 2023, the Fonds de dotation Agir pour le Cœur des Femmes enters 2024 with a reinforced determination to offer support and guidance to a greater number of women through its new Women's Heart Bus screening campaign. Supported by the French Ministry of Health and the French [...]