DCP3's Rachel Nugent Contributes to Scientific American Issue on Cardiovascular Disease
A new Scientific American (SA) article special issue highlights the 12 recommendations of an Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, Promoting Cardiovascular Health in the Developing World: A Critical Challenge to Achieve Global Health, published in 2010. DCP3 series editor and Project Director Dr. Rachel Nugent was a member of the committee that prepared the report and expounds on recommendation 9 in the special issue. She urges countries to define resource needs by using the most up-to-date data about in-country capacity.
About the IOM Committee
Cardiovascular disease and related non-communicable 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. Read more
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