An ISH-endorsed initiative to improve hypertension care in Thailand was successfully held in Bangkok this month. The Hypertension Camp from the Thai Hypertension Society (THS) helps equip healthcare workers to become champions in hypertension care in the hospitals where they work.

In the latest of a series of videos from the Mentorship and Training Committtee (MTC), Mariane Bertagnolli speaks to Konstantinos G Kyriakoulis from the University of Athens about his career journey and the impact mentorship has had on him. The video series, Global Career Journeys, explores diverse career paths and the impact of ISH mentorship across continents.

Healthcare professionals in Pakistan linked to the ISH have delivered several activities to raise public awareness of hypertension and its complications, and to train nurses on accurate blood pressure measurement.

George Stergiou (ISH President) and Thomas Weber (ESH President) are pleased to announce that ISH and ESH have agreed to hold a joint meeting in 2028 in Europe, in the tradition of several successful joint meetings in the past. We now invite proposals to host the meeting. For further information, please consult the “Invitation for a bid” document below. If you are interested in hosting, please provide us with all necessary information by 31 March 2025. Your bid should be sent both to secretariat@ish-world.com and eshcoordinator@eshonline.org

Two early career investigators have been awarded ISH scholarships worth $5,000 to develop international collaborations which began at the 2024 ISH Scientific Meeting.

The ISH welcomes European Union plans to improve cardiovascular health throughout the EU, which has highlighted in its plans the importance of early detection of hypertension.

The ISH is developing a Specialist Educational Platform and would like to recruit an experienced Moodle LMS Administrator / Creator to establish and take forward this initiative. We anticipate an initial 6-month contract and proposals for work are required by no later than Friday 22 November 2024.

The latest guidelines were developed by a large group of experts from internal medicine, cardiology, nephrology, endocrinology, general medicine, geriatrics, pharmacology, and epidemiology of different countries of LATAM and Europe.

Watch a video, access photos, and view facts and figures from our 2024 Scientific Meeting in Cartagena, Colombia.

We are pleased to introduce six new Chairs of the ISH Regional Advisory Groups, who were announced in Cartagena to include Africa: Alfred Doku (Ghana), Americas: Dagnovar Aristizabal (Colombia), Asia Pacific (APAC): Yook-Chin Chia (Malaysia), Europe: Maria Dorobantu (Romania), Middle East and North Africa (MENA): Abdullah Shehab (UAE) and South and Central Asia (SACA): Azra Mahmud (Pakistan). Muscha Steckelings from Denmark will play a new role of RAGs co-ordinator. Ongoing and new committee and group members will be announced in due course.