Cardiovascular Diseases on the Global Agenda

In 2011, the United Nations (UN) organized the first ever meeting for heads of state to discuss the problem of noncommunicable diseases (NCD), including cardiovascular disease (CVD), cancer, chronic respiratory disease, and diabetes mellitus. Recognizing that these had emerged as leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the world, including in many low- and middle-income countries, advocates from government and civil society had called for increased attention and a UN response. Earlier, NCD including CVD were absent from the global health agenda in part because of their omission from the Millennium Development Goals.

Source: CVD Prevention and Control - November 30, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Johanna Ralston, K. Srinath Reddy, Valentin Fuster, Jagat Narula Tags: Review Source Type: research