Our Mission: Healthy and Active Aging
The Heart Valve Disease Patient Council was formed in April 2019 and brings together patient organisations to increase awareness of heart valve disease (HVD) across the world. The Patient Council advocates for improving equality and access to treatment across the globe. In addition, it aims to address the issues of late diagnosis and under treatment of heart valve disease. Furthermore, the Council aims to raise awareness and improve understanding of the disease, with a view to reducing the barriers to positive ageing.
The Patient Council is united in the view that heart valve disease is poorly understood and not well known by the general public. There is global consensus that: