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.

Abstracts from the ISH2024 Scientific Meeting are published in a supplement to the Journal of Hypertension this month.

34 new ISH Fellows were announced at our 2024 General Meeting on 21 September. The designation of Fellow recognises ISH Members who have distinguished themselves through excellence in the field of hypertension.

The ISH Collaboration Exchange Scholarships will support the development of relationships and activities between ISH members who met at the ISH2024 meeting. The scheme is an initiative of the ISH Capacity Building Network.

Congratulations to winners of the 2024 ISH awards presented at ISH2024. The ISH Franz Volhard Award and Lectureship for Outstanding Research was awarded to Stephen Harrap, in recognition of his lifetime of global contributions made in hypertension research at the highest level and his outstanding service to the ISH.

Professor George Stergiou has officially taken up office as ISH President for a term running from 2024 to 2026.

The ISH was pleased to welcome its newly elected Council Members during the General Meeting at the ISH Cartagena Biennial Scientific Meeting today.

New blood pressure measurement devices such as cuff-less wrist monitors are likely to play an important role in hypertension diagnosis and management in future – but several challenges remain before these new technologies can be introduced widely, according to a new position paper from the International Society of Hypertension.

We are now just four weeks away from what promises to be a truly memorable ISH meeting in the beautiful city of Cartagena. The program is finalized and packed with excitement, featuring over 90 sessions and 118 speakers who will present the latest and most groundbreaking advances in the field of hypertension.

ISH members and officers were central to the recent Southern African Hypertension Society Biennial Congress held in Johannesburg from 16 to 18 August 2024. ISH Academy lead Erika Jones and ISH Mentorship and Training Committee Chair Lebo Gafane-Matemane were part of the local organising faculty. ISH Past-President Alta Schutte was part of the international organising faculty.