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Promoting Cardiovascular Health in the Developing World - A Critical Challenge to Achieve Global Health (Paperback)
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Promoting Cardiovascular Health in the Developing World - A Critical Challenge to Achieve Global Health (Paperback)
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Cardiovascular disease (CVD), once thought to be confined primarily
to industrialized nations, has emerged as a major health threat in
developing countries. Cardiovascular disease now accounts for
nearly 30 percent of deaths in low and middle income countries each
year, and is accompanied by significant economic repercussions. Yet
most governments, global health institutions, and development
agencies have largely overlooked CVD as they have invested in
health in developing countries. Recognizing the gap between the
compelling evidence of the global CVD burden and the investment
needed to prevent and control CVD, the National Heart, Lung, and
Blood Institute (NHLBI) turned to the IOM for advice on how to
catalyze change. In this report, the IOM recommends that the NHLBI,
development agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and
governments work toward two essential goals:
creating environments that promote heart healthy lifestyle choices
and help reduce the risk of chronic diseases, and building public
health infrastructure and health systems with the capacity to
implement programs that will effectively detect and reduce risk and
manage CVD.
To meet these goals, the IOM recommends several steps, including
improving cooperation and collaboration; implementing effective and
feasible strategies; and informing efforts through research and
health surveillance. Without better efforts to promote
cardiovascular health, global health as a whole will be undermined.
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