Overview

• WHO reports cardiovascular disease kills eight people every minute in the South‑East Asia Region, with about half of deaths occurring before age 70.
• As of June 2025, more than 90 million people are receiving protocol‑based management for hypertension and diabetes, against the SEAHEARTS goal of 100 million by year‑end.
• Private screening data highlight urban hotspots in India, with Apollo reporting 65% fatty liver in Delhi‑NCR screenings and 46% coronary calcium in ‘healthy’ Mumbaikars.
• Pune’s Ruby Hall Clinic installed 20 automated external defibrillators at busy public sites and trained over 1,000 residents in CPR and AED use to improve out‑of‑hospital survival.
• UAE clinicians report rising heart attacks in under‑50s and say their group is using an AI‑based blood test that they report predicts coronary disease with about 95% accuracy.