Our Partners

Abbott


Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 113,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

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Medtronic


Making healthcare better is our priority and we believe technology can play an even greater role in improving people’s lives. In addition to alleviating pain, restoring health, extending lives, we work in partnership with others to create seamless, more efficient care. Learn how we’re taking healthcare Further, Together at Medtronic.com.


Microlife



Omron


By looking beyond the technology, our real commitment lies in building healthy lives. We aim to provide a total healthcare management service, aimed at preventing and improving such increasingly common health problems as hypertension, respiratory problems, diabetes and obesity.


Servier


Founded to serve health, Servier is a global pharmaceutical group governed by a Foundation that aspires to have a meaningful social impact, both for patients and for a sustainable world. With its unique governance model, it can fully serve its vocation with a long-term vision: being committed to therapeutic progress to serve patient needs. The 21,400 employees of the Group are committed to this shared vocation, a source of inspiration every day.


Companies wishing to become Corporate Members of the ISH should contact the Society.


Global partners

May Measurement Month


May Measurement Month (MMM) was initiated in 2017 by the ISH and is now a standalone charity. MMM is a global blood pressure screening awareness campaign, aiming to highlight the importance of measuring blood pressure and raising awareness of the dangers posed by elevated blood pressure.



HEARTS partner forum


The ISH is a member of the HEARTS partner forum, a collaboration between 11 organisations dedicated to hypertension control which is led by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

Partners support governments in their implementation of the HEARTS package – the core technical part of the Global Hearts Initiative launched by the WHO and the US Centers for Disease Control in 2016.

The initiative takes a public health approach to treating hypertension and other CVD risk factors at the primary health care level.

Forum partners support countries in various ways, including providing technical expertise, catalytic funding, capacity building and evidence generation and dissemination.


Find out more

View the HEARTS technical package.

Read a paper published in Frontiers of Public Health (July 2023) from the HEARTS partner forum which outlines how our organisations are working together.

Members of the HEARTS partner forum

World Health Organisation

American Heart Association

Center for Chronic Disease Control

International Society of Hypertension

International Society of Nephrology

Pan American Health Organization

Resolve to Save Lives

US Centers for Disease Control

World Hypertension League

World Heart Federation

World Stroke Organization.

The recent WHO Global Hypertension Report, released on 19th September 2023, has highlighted the significant promising results based on the HEARTs package, which has reached 17 million people in several low and middle income countries” ISH is working with WHO in disseminating the findings.


STRIDE BP


STRIDE BP is an international scientific non-profit organization founded by hypertension experts with the mission of improving the accuracy of blood pressure measurement and the diagnosis and management of hypertension. STRIDE BP provides international guidance and practice tools on the methodology and technology for accurate blood pressure evaluation according to the latest scientific evidence. STRIDE BP is a joint initiative between the ISH, the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) and the World Hypertension League (WHL).


Find out more

STRIDE BP lists of accurate blood pressure monitors

STRIDE BP e-learning programme

STRIDE BP’s e-learning platform, endorsed by the ISH, ESH and WHL includes interactive modules dealing with:

  • Office blood pressure measurement
  • Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring
  • Home blood pressure monitoring

Each module takes about 20-30 minutes to complete. Once you have completed all 3 modules you may take an evaluation test (20 minutes) to be awarded with a STRIDE BP certificate.


The Global Coalition for Circulatory Health


The Global Coalition for Circulatory Health is an international partnership of more than 30 organizations focused on circulatory health. Coalition members work together in advocacy for improved global circulatory health.


Find out more

Initial goals include:

  • Advocate for and support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3.4 of a one-third reduction in premature NCD deaths by 2030, by building on the work done to date to meet the global target of a 25 percent reduction by 2025 in premature mortality from heart disease and stroke, and on the World Health Organization’s Global Hearts Initiative
  • Promote common messaging by partner organizations and leverage their extensive networks to cascade messages at regional and national levels in order to influence relevant local policy- and decision-makers
  • Strengthen the voice of people living with heart disease, stroke and associated conditions by including patients, their families and communities in decision-making processes and in national, regional and global advocacy

Recent activities include a webinar series on circulatory health and COVID-19, a joint statement on the hidden “syndemic” of circulatory diseases and COVID-19 presented at the World Health Assembly, and a forthcoming statement on emergency preparedness and circulatory care.

Current members of the Global Coalition include:

  • Cuban Society of Cardiology
  • European Heart Network
  • European Primary Care Cardiovascular Society
  • FemSansCancer
  • Health Related Information Dissemination Amongst Youth (HRIDAY)
  • Heart Friends Around the World
  • Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada
  • Instituto Nacional Cardiovascular Incor EsSalud
  • InterAmerican Heart Foundation
  • International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations
  • International Atherosclerosis Society
  • International Society of Hypertension
  • International Council of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation
  • International Council of Nurses
  • International Diabetes Federation
  • International Primary Care Cardiovascular Society
  • International Society of Behavioral Medicine (ISBM)
  • International Society of Nephrology
  • Iranian Heart Foundation
  • Nepal Development Society
  • Polish Lipid Association
  • Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association
  • Rural Clinical School, University of New South Wales
  • Shenyang First People’s Hospital
  • South African Heart Association
  • Stroke Association Support Network-Ghana
  • Ukrainian Association of Cardiology
  • World Federation of Public Health Associations
  • World Hypertension League
  • World Organization of Family Doctors
  • World Stroke Organization
  • World Heart Federation

ISH affiliated societies

Countries And Regions

One of the goals of any international society is to represent the interests of its constituents around the world.

The International Society of Hypertension (ISH) has a unique responsibility in this regard, which is achieved in large part through the six ISH Regional Advisory Groups (RAGs) for (1) Africa (2) Americas (3) Asia Pacific - APAC (4) Europe (5) Middle East and North Africa - MENA (6) South and Central Asia - SACA. The RAGs provide ISH representation globally, distil regional issues and encourage and enhance education, good clinical practice and biomedical research in the fields of hypertension and associated cardiovascular diseases and offer a unique infrastructure and platform for networking and “cross-talk” between Societies.

An ISH Affiliated Society logo (shown right) has been created for use by national and regional societies in their print and promotional material. Please contact the ISH Secretariat should you wish to receive a copy.



Affiliated Society Country

Congolese Hypertension League

D.R. Congo

Heart Foundation of Botswana

Botswana

International Forum for Hypertension Control and Prevention in Africa (IFHA)

Kenya Cardiac Society

Kenya

Nigerian Hypertension Society

Nigeria

Pan-African Society of Cardiology (PASCAR)

Senegalese Heart & Hypertension Foundation

Senegal

Somali Hypertension Federation

Somalia

Somaliland Diabetic and Hypertension Association

Somaliland

Southern African Hypertension Society

South Africa

Sudanese Society of Hypertension

Sudan


Affiliated Society Country

American Heart Association Council on Hypertension

USA

Argentina Arterial Hypertension Society (SAHA)

Argentina

Argentinean Cardiology Federation

Argentina

Bolivian Internal medicine Society

Bolivia 

Bolivian Society of Nephrology

Bolivia 

Brazilian Society of Hypertension

Brazil

Central American & Caribbean Society for Hypertension

Chilean Society of Hypertension

Chile

Colombian Cardiac Society

Colombia

Dominican Society of Hypertension / Sociedad Dominicana de Hipertensión y Aterosclerosis 

Dominican Republic

Hypertension Canada

Canada

Inter-American Society of Cardiology (SIAC)

Inter-American Society of Hypertension

Latin American Society of Hypertension

Peruvian Society of Hypertension

Peru

Venezuelan Society of Hypertension

Venezuela



Affiliated Society Country

Armenia Society of Hypertension

Armenia

Austrian Society of Hypertension

Austria

Belgian Hypertension Committee

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina Working Group on Arterial Hypertension

Bosnia and Herzegovina

British and Irish Hypertension Society

UK

Bulgarian Hypertension League

Bulgaria

Croatian Society of Hypertension

Croatia

Cyprus Hypertension Society

Cyprus

Czech Hypertension Society

Czech Repbulic

Danish Hypertension Society

Denmark

Dutch Hypertension Society (NHV)

The Netherlands

Estonian Society of Hypertension

Estonia

European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Council on Hypertension

European Society of Hypertension (ESH)

Finnish Hypertension Society

Finland

French Society of Arterial Hypertension / Société Française d’Hypertension Artérielle (SFHTA)

France

Georgian Society of Hypertension

Georgia

German Hypertension League/ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hypertonie und Prävention

Germany

Hellenic Society for the Study of Hypertension

Greece

Hellenic Society of Hypertension

Greece

Hungarian Society of Hypertension

Hungary

Israeli Society of Hypertension

Israel

Italian Society of Arterial Hypertension & Italian League against Arterial Hypertension

Italy

Latvian Society of Hypertension and Atherosclerosis 

Latvia

Lithuanian Hypertension Society

Lithuania

Norwegian Society of Hypertension

Norway

Polish Society of Hypertension

Poland

Portuguese Society of Hypertension (Sociedade Portuguesa de Hipertensão)

Portugal

Romanian Society of Hypertension

Romania

Serbian Society of Hypertension

Serbia

Slovak Society of Hypertension

Slovakia

Slovenian Hypertension Society

Slovenia

Spanish Society of Hypertension

Spain

Swedish Society of Hypertension, Stroke and Vascular Medicine

Sweden

Swiss Society of Hypertension

Switzerland

Turkish Society of Hypertension and Atherosclerosis

Turkey

Ukrainian Antihypertensive Society

Ukraine


Affiliated Society Country

Egyptian Hypertension Society (EHS)

Egypt

Emirates Cardiac Society (ECS)

UAE

Iranian Heart Foundation

Iran

Iraqi Hypertension Society

Iraq

Jordanian Cardiac Society

Jordan

Lebanese Hypertension League

Lebanon

Libyan Cardiac Society

Libya

Libyan Society of Hypertension (LSH)

Libya

Moroccan Society of Hypertension

Morocco

Saudi Hypertension Management Society

Saudi Arabia

Syrian Society of Hypertension 

Syria



Affiliated Society Country

World Hypertension League