Promoting cardiovascular health worldwide
By: edited by Valentin Fuster, Jagat Narula, Rajesh Vedanthan, Bridget B. Kelly
Contributors: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Series: Scientific American custom media; Scientific American custom media
Publisher: Scientific American, a division of Nature America, Inc.
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 76
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Cardiovascular system; Diseases; Prevention; Cardiovascular Diseases; Prevention & control; Developing Countries; Health Promotion; Methods; International Cooperation
Other titles: Promoting cardiovascular health in the developing world. Commentary on (work):
Description: "Cardiovascular disease and related noncommunicable diseases were once considered a problem that only wealthy, industrialized nations faced. Together, they now rank as the leading cause of death across the globe. The vast majority of those deaths--more than 80 percent--occur in low- and middle-income countries. To address this massive global health problem, the U.S. Institute of Medicine formed a committee to create a set of tangible recommendations that would catalyze and focus action. In this special issue, Promoting Cardiovascular Health Worldwide, some of the world's foremost authorities on cardiovascular disease elaborate on the Institute of Medicine's 12 recommendations. The 12 feature articles provide concrete examples of programs that are working effectively on the ground, reflect on global progress made--and define a way forward"--
Notes: Cover title.

"A custom publication produced in collaboration with Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: promoting global cardiovascular health: the Institute of Medicine recommendations / Valentin Fuster, Rajesh Vedanthan, Bridget B. Kelly and Jagat Narula; title: Recommendation 1: recognize chronic disease as a development assistance priority: Epidemic without borders / Gregory Paton, K. Srinath Reddy and Kiti Kajana; title: Recommendation 2: advocate for chronic diseases as a funding priority: Funding the fight against chronic diseases / Valentin Fuster; title: Recommendation 3: improve national coordination for chronic diseases: Kenyans come together against chronic diseases / Gerald Yonga; title: Recommendation 4: implement policies to promote cardiovascular health: how policy makers can advance cardiovascular health / Sonia Angell, Jessica Levings, Andrea Neiman, Samira Asma and Robert Merritt; title: Recommendation 5: include chronic diseases in health systems strengthening: Echoing the lessons of HIV / Miriam Rabkin, Eric Goosby and Wafaa M. El-Sadr; title: Recommendation 6: improve access to CVD diagnostics, medicines and technologies: Delivering care where it's needed / K. Srinath Reddy, Rajesh Vedanthan, Sylvester Kimaiyo, Andrew B. Hughey, Kim A. Eagle and Thomas C. Crawford; title: Recommendation 7: collaborate to improve diet: Get down to business / Jose M. Saavedra; title: Recommendation 8: improve local data: Collecting reliable data / C. James Hospedales, Reza Malekzadeh, Daniela Godoy, Andrew Mirelman and Paolo Boffetta; title: Recommendation 9: define resource needs: What will it take to do more? / Rachel A. Nugent and Celina Gorre; title: Recommendation 10: research to assess what works in different settings: One size does not fit all / Cristina Rabadán-Diehl, Evan Bennett, Carlos Peyra and Silvia Fuster; title: Recommendation 11: disseminate knowledge and innovation among similar countries: Share what works / Shanthi Mendis, C. James Hospedales and Jagat Narula; title: Recommendation 12: report on global progress: The WHO monitoring model / Shanthi Mendis and Oleg Chestnov.