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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A guided tour of the Bus du Coeur

Join us on the Bus and stroll through the Health and Well-being Village... You'll hear from women who have tried screening, as well as those involved in preventive health care. With comments from Claire Mounier-Vehier and Thierry Drilhon, co-founders of Agir pour le Coeur des Femmes, Martine [...]

A Bus to the Heart of Precariousness

For him, the women who took part did so with enthusiasm, in a voluntary and rewarding process. To the 7 screening steps, he added an 8th in Avignon, vascular screening by ultrasound of the abdominal aorta. This examination provided an opportunity for vascular physicians to raise awareness of [...]

Le Bus du Coeur in the JDD

Le Journal du Dimanche reported on the launch of the Heart Bus. In her article, Zoé Lastennet quotes The Lancet experts, who believe that cardiovascular disease in women is under-studied, under-recognized, under-diagnosed and under-treated. Dr Eleonore Hebbar, cardiologist at Lille University [...]

Avignon acts for the Heart of Avignonnaises

The Bus du Coeur will be launched in Avignon on October 13. It will also visit Lille, Marseille, La Rochelle and Saint-Etienne, 3 days per city, to offer screening for cardiovascular disease to women in precarious situations and prevention advice to all others. The aim of the Agir pour le Cœur des [...]

The Bus du Coeur's stopover in Marseille

From October 6 to 8, 225 underprivileged women received cardio-gynecological screening on the Bus. This was a great collective initiative, run in conjunction with the Marseilles City Council and numerous national and local partners. Let's take care of ourselves, because precariousness is not [...]

Saint-Etienne takes action for the hearts of Stéphan women

The Bus du Coeur will be launched in Saint-Etienne on November 3. It will also visit Lille, Marseille, La Rochelle and Avignon, 3 days per city, to offer screening for cardiovascular disease to women in precarious situations and prevention advice to all others. The aim of the Agir pour le Cœur des [...]

La Rochelle takes action for the hearts of Rochelle women

The Bus du Coeur will be launched in La Rochelle on October 27. It will also visit Lille, Marseille, La Rochelle and Saint-Etienne, 3 days per city, to offer screening for cardiovascular disease to women in precarious situations and prevention advice to all others. The aim of the Agir pour le Cœur [...]

Marseille acts for the hearts of Marseillaise women

The Bus du Coeur will be launched in Marseille on October 6. It will also visit Lille, Avignon, La Rochelle and Saint-Etienne, 3 days per city, to offer screening for cardiovascular disease to women in precarious situations and prevention advice to all others. The aim of the Agir pour le Cœur des [...]