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Doctor Beatriz Champagne

Mckinney (United States of America)

Dedicated to prevention & control of NCDs, heart diseases & stroke in the Americas with the InterAmerican Heart Foundation. She founded her organization, was Executive Director 1995-2017, now Director Advocacy. Promotes & defends policies for good nutrition, physical activity, tobacco control & alcohol. Leads the Healthy Latin America Coalition (CLAS) with 300+ member organizations, providing a coherent response from civil society on policy issues. Accomplishments: 1st tobacco virtual network in LA, capacity building events to advance FCTC policies, presided over 5 regional conferences, policy research, 7 journalism contests, national smoking cessation strategy & HCP training, tobacco economy in Argentina, illicit trade in Mercosur, PI CARMELA study of risk factors in LA, salt reduction Consortium. 2009 Luther L. Terry Award for Exemplary Leadership in Tobacco Control, 2017 Sharjah Advocacy Award, 2018 WHO World No Tobacco Day Award. MS, Ph.D. From Buenos Aires, Argentina.

How to reduce global CVD by 30% by 2030?

Event: ESC Congress 2019

Topic: Risk Factors and Prevention

Session type: Symposium

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