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 Women's Heart Bus in Calais

203 women in vulnerable situations were screened and received advice on cardio-gynecological prevention during the Calais leg of the Women's Heart Bus, from May 3 to 5. During this wonderful stopover, warmth was in everyone's hearts and eyes. It was a positive, caring atmosphere, with [...]

The Women's Heart Bus: an indispensable prevention tool

It confirms the validity of the Agir pour le Coeur des Femmes initiative. 73% have abdominal obesity, 43% have uncontrolled high blood pressure, 30% have had no gynaecological check-up for over 3 years... The results of this study are far more alarming than we had anticipated! Well above national [...]

The Women's Heart Bus in Cannes

The Women's Heart Bus kicked off its 2022 tour from March 9 to 11 in Cannes, to combat cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death among women. It offered a 7-step screening program for women in vulnerable situations, free of charge upon registration. Over 200 women were screened. 1. [...]

The Women's Heart Bus in Privas

Well done and thank you to all the partners who were involved in this stage, which we'll all remember with fondness! We were very honored that Marc Ladreit de Lacharrière decided to join us in Privas for the launch of the stage. He says he was stunned by the figures: 200 women a day in France [...]

2022 : Act rather than suffer

Economic or social vulnerability both hinders prevention and accelerates the onset of disease! Reflecting the cardiovascular and gynecological health status of women in vulnerable situations in French cities, this unique study was carried out on a panel of 1,065 women aged between 15 and 90 (average [...]

Bus du Coeur 2021: nearly 1,200 women screened

Another visit to the Bus du Coeur offered by the Korian Foundation. Our benevolent action at the service of all women in vulnerable situations, to help them reintegrate a cardio-gynecological care pathway was a great success in the five 2021 stopover towns: Lille, Marseille, Avignon, La Rochelle and [...]

Cardiovascular disease in women

On the occasion of the Bus du Coeur's stopover in Avignon, the founders of the Agir pour le Coeur des Femmes endowment fund, Pr Claire Mounier-Vehier and Thierry Drilhon, give a wealth of information on cardiovascular disease in women in a program on RTV FM in partnership with Mutualité [...]

Le Bus du Coeur in Avignon

From October 13 to 15, nearly 200 women from disadvantaged backgrounds were screened by healthcare professionals on the Heart Bus for cardiological and gynecological problems. According to an initial assessment, 9 out of 10 women had cardiovascular risk factors, and were referred to a doctor as part [...]