Media Advisory - Press Conference - The Canadian Heart Health Strategy: Risk
Factors and Future Cost Implications

OTTAWA , Feb. 5 /CNW Telbec/ - The Conference Board of Canada , the Heart and Stroke Foundation and the Canadian Cardiovascular Society will hold a press conference on Monday, February 8 to announce the findings of the report, The Canadian Heart Health Strategy: Risk Factors and Future Cost Implications.

The report estimates the impact on future health expenditures if Canada were to meet the targeted reductions in risk factors outlined in the Canadian Heart Health Strategy and Action Plan.

    
    When:     Monday, February 8, 2010, 11:00 a.m.

    Who:      Louis Thériault, Director, International Trade and
              Investment Centre, The Conference Board of Canada

              Dr. Eldon R. Smith, Chair, Canadian Heart Health Strategy and
              Action Plan

              Sally Brown, Chief Executive Officer, Heart and Stroke
              Foundation of Canada

              Dr. Charles R. Kerr, President, Canadian Cardiovascular Society

    Where:    National Press Theatre, 150 Wellington Street, Ottawa
    

For further information: Brent Dowdall, Senior Communications Specialist, Tel.: [phone], ext. 448, E-mail: [email protected]