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Prevention in Your Country

Based on the knowledge of cardiovascular prevention experts of ESC National Cardiac Societies and Affiliated Cardiac Societies.

The overall objective of this section is to facilitate implementation of CVD prevention by providing information on prevention in ESC National Cardiac Societies and Affiliated Cardiac Societies to inspire both national coordinators and others in the field of preventive cardiology.

This is an EAPC Prevention Implementation Committee (PIC) initiative. "Prevention in Your Country" was initiated and led by the late Prof. Joep Perk (deceased 2022). 

National CVD Prevention Coordinators

Get more information about the National CVD Prevention Coordinators, appointed by the presidents of National Cardiac Societies.

Overview of preventive cardiology

With the rapid development of preventive cardiology, the interest has grown not only to be informed about one specific country but also to compare different European countries. “The Overview of Preventive Cardiology in Europe” is a valuable source of information and is based on the "Country of the Month" reports of the National CVD Prevention Coordinators from ESC National Cardiac Societies.

There are two main topics:

Cardiac Rehabilitation, CVD Prevention.

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Reports from ESC National Cardiac Societies

EAPC Country of the Month - Austria

October 2016

EAPC Country of the month - Azerbaijan

July 2018

EAPC Country of the Month - Belarus

February 2017

EAPC Country of the month - Belgium

October 2016

EAPC Country of the Month - Bosnia and Herzegovina

December 2015

EAPC Country of the Month - Bulgaria

June 2014

EAPC Country of the month - Croatia

December 2015

EAPC Country of the month - Cyprus

September 2018

EAPC Country of the month - Denmark

June 2016

EAPC Country of the Month - Egypt

October 2014

EAPC Country of the Month - Estonia

April 2014

EAPC Country of the month - Finland

June 2018

EAPC Country of the Month - France

January 2022

EAPC Country of the Month - Georgia

August 2017

EAPC Country of the Month - Germany

December 2020

EAPC Country of the month - Greece

August 2015

EAPC Country of the month - Hungary

April 2016

EAPC Country of the Month - Iceland

December 2013

EAPC Country of the Month - Ireland

February 2014

EAPC Country of the Month - Israel

October 2013 (statistics update October 2019)

EAPC Country of the Month - Italy

August 2015

EAPC Country of the Month - Kazakhstan

December 2014

EAPC Country of the Month - Latvia

August 2014

EAPC Country of the Month - Lebanon

October 2014

EAPC Country of the month - Libya

April 2018

EAPC Country of the Month - Lithuania

August 2014

EAPC Country of the Month - Luxembourg

January 2019

EAPC Country of the month - Malta

April 2015

EAPC Country of the month - Republic of Moldova

November 2017

EAPC Country of the month - Montenegro

May 2018

EAPC Country of the Month - The Netherlands

February 2014

EAPC Country of the month - Norway

December 2016

EAPC Country of the Month - Poland

June 2014

EAPC Country of the Month - Portugal

February 2015

EAPC Country of the month - Romania

April 2016

EAPC Country of the Month - Russia

December 2014

EAPC Country of the month - Serbia

April 2017

EAPC Country of the month - Slovakia

June 2015

EAPC Country of the month - Slovenia

June 2015

EAPC Country of the Month - Spain

February 2015

EAPC Country of the Month - Sweden

April 2014

EAPC Country of the month - Switzerland

October 2016

EAPC Country of the Month - Turkey

November 2020

EAPC Country of the month - Ukraine

February 2017

EAPC Country of the month - United Kingdom

April 2015

Reports from ESC Affiliated Cardiac Societies

The Country of the Month initiative is now open to ESC Affiliated Cardiac Societies. With the publication of the first country report from Argentina, EAPC has launched this global extension. 

EAPC Country of the Month - Argentina

The first report of an ESC Affiliated Cardiac Society - April 2020

EAPC Country of the Month - Japan

November 2020

Related article: 

EAPC’s ‘Country of the Month’ prevention web section going global
A. Janssen et al., April 1, 2020, European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
https://doi.org/10.1177/2047487320915808