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Milestones
Activated the CardioChase Game Kiosk at Chongzheng Primary School. The CardioChase Game Kiosk is an exciting and interactive experience that makes learning about heart health both fun and impactful. Led by SHF mascots Hugo and Sandy, players must race in a dynamic virtual world. Along the way, they earn points by making heart-healthy choices, such as eating heart-healthy foods, staying active and managing stress while avoiding obstacles such as plaque build-up and unhealthy dietary choices.
Celebrated our 55th anniversary at the National Gallery Singapore with the “Resilient heARTs: Celebrating 55 Years of Empowering Heart Health” exhibition.
Inaugurated our new office at the SLF Building, graced by the presence of President Tharman Shanmugaratnam.
Conferred 2024 Charity Transparency Award for the second time from the Charity Council.
Moved to a new headquarters office at SLF Building.
President Tharman became SHF’s Patron.
Organised the momentous Symposium on Sodium Reduction in Singapore and the Role of Salt Substitutes, and release a joint position statement on sodium reduction with the Singapore Nutrition & Dietetics Association (SNDA) and The National Kidney Foundation (NKF).
Launch of the BP Awareness Booth.
Unveiled the newly named SHF-Cortina Watch Heart Wellness Centre (HWC) at Bukit Gombak Sports Centre, in appreciation of the generous donation of the funds raised from the sale of the Happy Hearts Cortina 50th Anniversary timepiece.
Conferred 2022 Charity Transparency Award from the Charity Council.
Awarded the SGSecure Responders’ and Partners’ Appreciation Award.
Partnered with Philips Foundation to improve cardiac incident outcomes and improve health inequality. The partnership included the funding of cardiac rehabilitation infrastructure, renaming of the SHF-Philips Foundation Heart Wellness Centre, CPR training and Philips AED equipment, and community outreach programmes.
Launched the Down with Hypertension Programme to raise awareness about the condition and encourage home monitoring of blood pressure.
Introduced of 50 ComfortDelGro taxis and 10 ComfortDelGro MedCare minibuses to the AED-on-Wheels programme.
Awarded the Minister for Home Affairs National Day Award (HT Partners) 2021 for being instrumental to the success of the Save-A-Life Initiative, which includes building the national AED registry, sponsoring AEDs in areas with lower AED coverage and supporting the AED-on-Wheels programme among many others.
Received the Most Inspiring World Heart Day Campaign Award in recognition of our public outreach approach through Hugopoly, an interactive online single-player game that was developed for the National Heart Week/World Heart Day 2021.
Awarded the Ministry of Home Affairs National Day Award 2021.
50 Grab vehicles came on board the AED-on-Wheels programme.
Introduced Singapore’s first female CPR manikin vest.
Celebrated 50th anniversary
Installed 50 AEDs in the HDT Singapore Taxis and trained their drivers in CPR, AED and first aid.
Launched the AEDs in Primary Care Initiative to equip more General Practitioners (GPs) with AEDs and increase their readiness when attending to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest cases.
Launched the CPR self-learning kiosk Version 2 to bring hands-only CPR training opportunities to members of the public.
Launched Restart A Heart Programme, a simplified CPR+AED Training.
Opened Heart Wellness Centre @ Gombak. This is SHF’s third cardiac rehabilitation centre.
Developed Asia’s first-ever CPR self-learning kiosks to make learning CPR more fun and accessible.
Introduced the use of social robots to improve interactivity in the SHF’s BP Initiative @ Schools programme.
Entered the Singapore Book of Records for the “Longest Dog Walk Line” with 352 dogs at SHF’s 2nd Woof-a-thon event.
Launched the “BP Matters” mobile app to help remind, record, track and share blood pressure readings at one’s convenience.
Introduced the Heart Smart Eating Plate to reinforce heart-healthy eating habits and help Singaporeans better remember the food groups to be consumed in the recommended portions by the Health Promotion Board, Singapore.
Launched the 1st Free AED Loan Programme in Singapore to encourage the public to equip their events with this lifesaving device for times of need.
Organised the inaugural Singapore Prevention & Cardiac Rehabilitation Symposium to provide contemporary updates and advances in prevention and cardiac rehabilitation.
Launched Woof-a-thon, a walk-a-thon that promotes the cardiovascular benefits of dog walking.
Opened Heart Wellness Centre @ Fortune Centre. This is SHF’s second cardiac rehabilitation centre.
Partnered with the Singapore Civil Defence Force on the Registry for AED Integration (R-AEDi), currently known as the Save-A-Life initiative, to increase awareness and provide verified AED location information for the public.
SHF became Class 95FM’s adopted charity for 2013.
Joined forces with key organisations and schools for greater CPR awareness through Project Heart 2012.
Broke a Guinness Record for the largest AED training session involving 1,708 participants at the National Life Saving Day event.
Launched SHF’s first mobile app – Heart4Life. Heart4Life is a handy tool to keep track of your heart health. It features an overview of how to do CPR, assesses your heart risk and even has a CPR mode for emergency situations.
Broke the Singapore Book of Records for the Largest Kite flown in Singapore with a 8.6m x 8.7m heart-shaped red kite in celebration of Go Red for Women Picnic Day.
Organised the inaugural National Life Saving Day at Singapore Expo. It broke a Guinness Record for the largest CPR training session involving 7,909 participants.
Launched the Heart Age Calculator and the AED Registry during National Heart Week / World Heart Day – Heart Fair.
Launched the CPR+AED Certification Course to increase the number of CPR- and AED-enabled Singaporeans.
Benefitted from MasterCard’s auction of 10 red dresses designed by local designers as part of the Go Red for Women campaign.
Started training students and members of the public using the CPR 3A (Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere) Kit.
Made CPR training modules available to mobile phone users through the Mobile CPR download.
Started the Health Mapping Exercise to find out the health status of lower-income residents in Singapore.
Introduced the Heart Safe initiative to improve out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival rate in Singapore by creating an environment for more effective use for CPR and AED.
Opened the Heart Wellness Centre @ Bishan.
Celebrated its 35th Anniversary with the slogan “Celebrating 35 Years of Services”.
Moved into its new “Home” for SHF in Bishan under the special arrangement with the National Council of Social Service and CapitaMall Trust Management Limited.
Launched the Go Red for Women campaign.
Opened the first community-based cardiac rehabilitation centre in Singapore at 10 College Road to offer structured phase 3 and 4 cardiac rehabilitation programme at a subsidised rate.
Organised the Singapore leg of the “7 marathons over 7 days in 7 countries” challenge.
Singapore National Heart Association is rebranded to Singapore Heart Foundation (SHF), with a more vibrant and complementary logo and a meaningful tagline, “Your Heart We Care”.
Celebrated the first-ever World Heart Day with a series of events such as Heart Taxis, Heart Trees, Heart Expo and Affairs of the Heart.
Organised the Asia Pacific Tobacco Control Symposium.
Implemented the Jump Rope for Heart programme in primary schools nationwide, with the belief that heart health education should start at an early age.
Organised and hosted the 3rd International Heart Health Conference.
Published the Singapore Declaration: Forging the Will for Heart Health in the Next Millennium, which contained recommendations and guidelines for the implementation of heart health programmes. This gave recognition to Singapore as a leader in the promotion of healthy lifestyles.
Introduced the Healthier Choice Symbol (HCS) to promote healthy eating.
Did you know, SNHA sold HCS to the Health Promotion Board for $10?
Organised Affairs of the Heart, its first fundraising TV charity show.
Appointed the first National Heart Council members.
Organised the Federation of ASEAN Heart Foundations Conference and Asian Pacific Heart Foundation Network Meeting, attended by representatives from the World Heart Federation, Inter-American Heart Foundations, ASEAN and Asia Pacific Heart Foundations.
Sponsored the International 10-day Teaching Seminar in Advanced Cardiovascular Epidemiology.
Published the first edition of its newsletter – heartline.
Involved in the inauguration of the ASEAN Federation of Heart Foundations.
Organised the Asia Pacific Congress of Cardiac and Electrophysiology.
Recognised as an Institution of Public Character.
Held the 1st Annual Scientific Meeting and SNHA lecture.
Raised funds to finance the first angioplasty procedure at Singapore General Hospital.
Funded the semi-automatic defibrillators for ambulance service at Singapore General Hospital. The defibrillators were so useful that all hospital ambulances are now equipped with these units.
Established the Singapore Myocardial Infarction Registry. This registry formed an important landmark in data collection for patients with acute infarction in Singapore.
The National University of Singapore and SNHA financially assisted the National University Life Support Training Centre in providing regular National Mass CPR training courses.
Raised funds with the Rotary Club of Pandan Garden (Singapore) to establish the first CPR training centre in Singapore.
Launched the first public education campaign on hypertension.
Donated the first Coronary Care Ambulance to Singapore General Hospital. This prototype ambulance contained monitoring and telemetric equipment to enable cardiac status to be assessed early.
Pioneered the first anti-smoking campaign in Singapore.
Organised the first heart conference in Singapore, the 5th International 10-day Teaching Seminar in Cardiovascular Epidemiology and the 5th Asian Pacific Congress of Cardiology.
Held its first annual National Heart Week to educate the public on cardiovascular disease. It is now known as the annual National Heart Week/World Heart Day.
A group of cardiologists and professionals – Mr Tan Boon Chiang (Chairman), Dr Charles Toh, Prof Chia Boon Lock, Mrs Christina Loke, Mrs Diana Eu, Mrs Eleanor Ngo, Ms Lee Siok Tin, Dr Lim Chin Hock, Dr Loh Tee Fun, Dr Low Lip Ping, Mrs Tan Pui Yong, Dr Tan Ngoh Chuan and Dr Teoh Hoon Cheow – gathered to form Singapore National Heart Association (SNHA) to combat cardiovascular disease.
