The Women's Heart Bus

The Women's Cardiovascular Healthcare Foundation launched the Women's Heart Bus in 2021 — a travelling awareness, information and prevention campaign focused on cardiovascular and gynaecological diseases. The aim is to deploy a fully equipped screening device across France and beyond, and to reach out to women in situations of vulnerability.

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The Minister for Health and Prevention, Mr François Braun, visits the launch of the Women's Heart Bus

On Friday, March 11, 2023, the last day of the Bus du Coeur des Femmes' visit to Cannes, the French Minister of Health came to see the project in action. Interested by the innovative actions in the field of prevention, and intrigued by the territorial impact of the Bus du Coeur des Femmes, the [...]

The world's largest cardiovascular disease screening campaign launches its 3rd edition

On March 8, to mark International Women's Rights Day, the Women's Heart Bus hit the road again. In Cannes, the first of the year's 15 stopover towns, over 250 women took advantage of free cardio-gynecological screening. Set up in the heart of the Cannes La Bocca district, the pink bus, [...]

An exceptional 2022 thanks to you!

8 out of 10 women put their loved ones' health first, and neglect their own. 2 out of 3 women put off going to the doctor and treat themselves alone, even though they rarely miss a medical appointment for their loved ones.* Many women have difficult jobs, and some raise their children alone, [...]

Nearly 5,000 women screened free of charge on the Heart Bus

A collective action that makes sense for healthcare professionals, the sustainability of good practices in the 20 stopover towns: we have achieved our first objectives since the launch of the Women's Heart Bus at the end of 2021. In 8 out of 10 cases, cardiovascular disease can be avoided [...]

Vis leurs Vies November 27, 2022: the women's heart bus

On the occasion of the Paris leg of the Bus du Coeur des Femmes, a team from LCI came to meet our teams and the women who attended to be screened for cardiovascular disease. The result: a 10-minute report highlighting the usefulness of the operation, the benevolence that reigns at each stage, the [...]

M6 boards the Women's Heart Bus

A study carried out in the first 5 cities showed edifying results: 9 out of 10 women who passed through the bus had at least 2 cardiovascular risk factors, 43% had uncontrolled hypertension and 73% were abdominally obese. This study strengthened our conviction that friendly prevention on the ground [...]

Télématin rides the Bus du Coeur to put an end to prejudice

Thanks to #france2 and the Télématin teams for this report broadcast this week to mark Heart Week. With the Bus du Coeur des Femmes, the #agirpourlecoeurdesfemmes endowment fund is setting up the largest screening and detection operation ever carried out in France. Over 5,000 women have already [...]

The Women's Heart Bus: an innovation in preventive medicine

In France, cardiovascular disease remains the 1st cause of death for women (26%, ahead of cancer 25%), with 76,000 deaths per year (1). And yet, in 8 out of 10 cases, a cardiovascular accident can be avoided by identifying risk situations and taking appropriate care. It's a disease of the [...]