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.

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.