Heart and Stroke Foundation

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<td align="left" valign="top" width="100%"><strong>Our vision:</strong> Healthy lives free of heart disease and stroke. Together we will make it happen.

<strong>Our mission:</strong>
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<li><strong>Prevent disease</strong>
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<li>Give children and youth the best start for a long, healthy life</li>
<li>Empower Canadians to live healthy lives</li>
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<li><strong>Save lives</strong>
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<li>Enable faster, better cardiac emergency response and treatment</li>
<li>Enable faster, better stroke response and treatment</li>
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<li><strong>Promote recovery</strong>
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<li>Enhance support for survivors, families and caregivers</li>
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<strong>Our values:</strong>
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<li>A passion for health</li>
<li>Making a difference</li>
<li>Learning every day</li>
<li>Being extraordinary together</li>
<li>Embracing diversity</li>
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We achieve our mission through:
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<li>Investing in life-saving research</li>
<li>Advocating for healthy public policies</li>
<li>Partnering with stakeholders</li>
<li>Engaging Canadians to make health last</li>
<li>Ensuring health equity</li>
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To learn how we are working towards our mission, see our <a href="http://www.heartandstroke.ns.ca/site/lookup.asp?c=inKMIPNlEiG&b=8746171" target="_self">Strategic Plan</a>.</td>
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