Our vision and strategy
The National Heart Foundation of Australia has developed a 25-year vision.
Read our generational vision for heart health in Australia
- Coronary heart disease remains the leading cause of death in Australia — accounting for over 17,000 deaths each year.
- If nothing changes, Australia can expect to see 1.37 million individuals experience a cardiovascular disease (CVD) event from 2020 – 2029, resulting in $62 billion in healthcare costs and $79 billion in indirect costs.
- Failure to prevent the growing burden of CVD and associated chronic conditions threatens both our health system and our length and quality of life.
- To respond to this urgent need, the Heart Foundation is focusing on investing in and implementing a long-term, coordinated, and collaborative approach to drive research, innovation, and translation in CVD in Australia.
Why 25 years?
It takes time to create this kind of impact.
Some of the incredible advances in cardiovascular disease over the last 50 years have taken decades to accomplish.
So, we’re now planning for the next long-term investment in heart health and the battle against heart disease.
We’re going to work with the wonderful community of support that got us this far over the last 60 years of the Heart Foundation - from researchers, clinicians and patients, to governments, volunteers, and donors - to make 2050 the heart healthiest year ever.
Health for Every Heart FAQs
What is Health for Every Heart?
- Health for Every Heart is the Heart Foundation’s generational vision for heart health in Australia over the next 25 years.
Why have you developed a vision?
- Coronary heart disease remains the leading cause of death in Australia — accounting for over 17,000 deaths each year.
- If nothing changes, Australia can expect to see 1.37 million individuals experience a cardiovascular disease (CVD) event from 2020 – 2029, resulting in $62 billion in healthcare costs and $79 billion in indirect costs.
- Failure to prevent the growing burden of CVD and associated chronic conditions threatens both our health system and our length and quality of life.
- To respond to this urgent need, the Heart Foundation is focusing on investing in, collaborating and implementing a long-term, coordinated and collaborative approach to drive research, innovation and translation in CVD in Australia.
Why 25 years?
- Health for Every Heart includes a roadmap for action, setting the path towards our next generation of impact.
- We know it takes time to create this type of impact. Some of the incredible advances in cardiovascular disease we have seen over the last 50 years have taken decades to accomplish – not only to conceptualise and undertake research but to embed the outcomes of that research into policy and practice.
- With that in mind, the Heart Foundation has developed this 25-year vision and the first of an ambitious series of connected 5-year strategies focused on priority areas of action needed to reach our goal.
When is this being launched?
Health for Every Heart and first 5-year strategy will be launched in early 2025.
What does it mean for me?
- We want to create a national movement and generational change towards improved heart health and the prevention of cardiovascular disease.
- Our vision has been developed in consultation with researchers, clinicians, patients, governments, volunteers, and donors to build another 25 years of achievement.
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