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a critical challenge to achieve global health

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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."--home page.

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Table of Contents

Introduction
Epidemiology of cardiovascular disease
Development and cardiovascular disease
Measurement and evaluation
Reducing the burden of cardiovascular disease: interventional approaches
Cardiovascular health promotion early in life
Making choices to reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease
Framework for action.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references.

Also issued online.

Classifications

Library of Congress
RA645.C34 N38 2010, , RA645.C4 N38 2010

The Physical Object

Pagination
xv, 465 p. :
Number of pages
465

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25026244M
Internet Archive
promotingcardiov0000nati
ISBN 10
0309147743
ISBN 13
9780309147743
LCCN
2011280481
OCLC/WorldCat
612335767

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