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Indian fashion designer Asgarally supports Go Red for Women

23 Apr '08
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General perceptions that CVD is a 'man's illness' have no foundation but awareness of the disease among women is low – only 13 per cent of women know that heart disease is a major threat to their health.

The Go Red for Women campaign is being run by foundations and cardiology societies in more than 30 countries worldwide. It has been launched in the UAE with the support of Dubai Health Authority, Emirates Cardiac Society and IIR Middle East, the organisers of Women's Healthcare.

Supported by Elizabeth Arden and film actress Catherine Zeta-Jones, Go Red for Women urges women to take charge of their heart health, recommends policy-makers to include CVD in the women's health agenda and asks medical professionals to proactively support the prevention, diagnosis and treatment for women.

The UAE is not alone in its lack of education around the disease. Limited data reveals alarming knowledge gaps throughout the world. In Singapore just 8 per cent of women know that CVD poses such a threat, while in Australia among the total population awareness of women's risk drops to 3 per cent. Even in the United States, where awareness has grown partly through the success of Go Red for Women, in 2006 only just over 20 per cent of women were aware of their biggest health risk.

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