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‘Safe Hearts Plan’ sets out an EU response, but critics see gaps

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Critics warn that the EU’s cardiovascular disease plan lacks the strong preventive measures needed to match the scale of the problem.

The ‘Safe Hearts Plan’ is the EU’s first comprehensive cardiovascular strategy to tackle Europe’s leading cause of death.

Health Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi called the initiative long overdue: “Cardiovascular health is the most important public health challenge we face,” he said. “We are losing 1.7 million lives every year, maybe unnecessarily. We could save up to 80% of these lives, and we have to act now.”

The plan focuses on prevention, early detection and treatment, addressing key risk factors such as...

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