EEAA’s chief executive Joyce DiMascio (pictured second from left) is one of 16 senior businesswomen invited to be ambassadors in a new Heart Foundation campaign.
The “Business Women Champions of the Heart” campaign is also run by the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and was launched this week by businesswoman and philanthropist Lucy Turnbull AO (pictured fifth from left).
The campaign aims to put women’s heart health in focus through the business community’s network of newly appointed advocates.
Ms DiMascio said she believed, along with many women working in the business events sector, that the message about heart health was critical for the industry: “Women often prioritise others over themselves, which is why it is important to focus on women’s heart health. This campaign will give more women a chance of survival with increased awareness of symptoms and prevention.
“Heart disease in women is also a male issue – it’s something that the whole community should be concerned about. The Heart Foundation needs our support in spreading the message about this campaign.”
Turnbull commented: “The stereotype continues to persist that heart attacks and heart disease are male issues, but the numbers tell a different story. In Australia, 22 Australian women will die from heart disease each day, killing almost three times as many women as breast cancer.”
The Australian Chamber of Industry stated that symptoms may include pain in the jaw, back or neck. They can also have shortness of breath, nausea, vomiting and cold sweats, overwhelming fatigue or anxiety, lethargy and loss of appetite.
