Louise Lown Heart Hero Award

The Louise Lown "Heart Hero" Award recognises innovative preventive approaches to promoting cardiovascular health in developing countries and other low-resource settings with a monetary award of US$2,000. This award honours Mrs. Lown's lifelong commitment to the rights and well-being of others through her work as a social worker, activist, and writer. The award is administered by ProCor, a communication network promoting global heart health.

Applications are encouraged from community-based programmes (non-profit, governmental, or private sector) working to promote heart health in developing countries or other low-resource settings (i.e., disadvantaged communities in developed countries) through innovative preventive approaches. Examples of eligible initiatives include community programmes promoting physical activity, nutrition, or tobacco control; population-based interventions reducing diabetes, hypertension, and obesity; patient-focused clinical programmes increasing access to screening, identification, and control of risk factors; advocacy and policy activities; and resource development and dissemination.