Prevention in Your Country
Based on the knowledge of cardiovascular prevention experts of ESC National Cardiac Societies and Affiliated Cardiac Societies.
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:
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