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Promoting CONTENTSCardiovascular Health Worldwide Edited by Valentin Fuster, Jagat Narula, Rajesh Vedanthan, Bridget B. Kelly 8 INTRODUCTION 3 Promoting Global Cardiovascular Health: The Institute of Medicine Recommendations Valentin Fuster, Rajesh Vedanthan, Bridget B. Kelly and Jagat Narula RECOMMENDATION 1 8 Recognize Chronic Diseases as a Development Assistance Priority Epidemics without Borders Gregory Paton, K. Srinath Reddy and Kiti Kajana RECOMMENDATION 2 14 Advocate for Chronic Diseases as a Funding Priority Funding the Fight against Chronic Diseases Valentin Fuster RECOMMENDATION 3 30 20 Improve National Coordination for Chronic Diseases Kenyans Come Together against Chronic Diseases Gerald Yonga RECOMMENDATION 4 36 24 Implement Policies to Promote Cardiovascular Health How Policy Makers Can Advance Cardiovascular Health Sonia Angell, Jessica Levings, Andrea Neiman, Samira Asma and Robert Merritt RECOMMENDATION 5 30 Include Chronic Diseases in Health Systems Strengthening Echoing the Lessons of HIV Miriam Rabkin, Eric Goosby and Wafaa M. El-Sadr RECOMMENDATION 6 36 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 Illustration by J. F. Podevin Cover image by Bryan Christie Promoting Cardiovascular Health Worldwide 1 TOC-Masthead 6p.indd 1 5/27/14 5:01 PM CONTENTS PROMOTING Promoting CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH WORLDWIDE Cardiovascular Health A custom publication produced in collaboration with ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI Worldwide PUBLICATION EDITORIAL BOARD Perspective on the 12 Recommendations Valentin Fuster, M.D., Ph.D. of the Institute of Medicine Physician in Chief, The Mount Sinai Hospital Director, Mount Sinai Heart Richard Gorlin, M.D., Heart Research Foundation RECOMMENDATION 7 Professor of Cardiology Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai 42 Collaborate to Improve Diet Jagat Narula, M.D., Ph.D. Get Down to Business Philip J. and Harriet L. Goodhart Chair in Cardiology 42 Jose M. Saavedra Professor of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Associate Dean, The Arnhold Global Health Institute at Mount Sinai RECOMMENDATION 8 48 Improve Local Data Rajesh Vedanthan, M.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cardiology Collecting Reliable Data Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai C. James Hospedales, Reza Malekzadeh, Bridget B. Kelly, M.D., Ph.D. Daniela Godoy, Andrew Mirelman and Senior Program Officer, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, Keck Center Paolo Boffetta Robinson Santana Administrative Coordinator RECOMMENDATION 9 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai 54 Define Resource Needs SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN CUSTOM PUBLISHING What Will It Take PUBLICATION AND MEDIA DIRECTOR: Diane McGarvey to Do More? Rachel A. Nugent and Celina Gorre ASSISTANT PUBLICATION AND MEDIA DIRECTOR: 60 Lisa Pallatroni EDITORIAL DIRECTOR: RECOMMENDATION 10 Sharon Guynup 60 Research to Assess What Works ART DIRECTOR: Edward Bell in Different Settings CONTRIBUTING EDITORS One Size Does Not Fit All Claudia Wallis, Erica Gies, Jessica Wapner Alla Katsnelson, Ingfei Chen, Roxanne Khamsi Cristina Rabadán-Diehl, Evan Bennett, Glenn Scherer, Usha Lee McFarling Carlos Peyra and Silvia Fuster ILLUSTRATORS: Bryan Christie, J. F. Podevin, Lucy Reading, Kenn Brown, Jessica Hsiung, Ron Miller, RECOMMENDATION 11 Andrew Swift, Eléonore Dixon-Roche 66 Disseminate Knowledge and Innovation PHOTO EDITOR: among Similar Countries Jamie Isaia PRODUCTION CONSULTANTS: Share What Works Richard Hunt, Michelle Wright Shanthi Mendis, C. James Hospedales COPy EDITOR: Michael Battaglia and Jagat Narula SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN PUBLISHING STAFF PRESIDENT: Steven Inchcoombe RECOMMENDATION 12 ExECUTIvE vICE PRESIDENT 72 Report on Global Progress Michael Florek The WHO Monitoring Model vICE PRESIDENT, ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER, MARKETING AND BUSINESS DEvELOPMENT Shanthi Mendis and Oleg Chestnov Michael Voss vICE PRESIDENT, CONSUMER MARKETING The viewpoints expressed in these articles are those of the authors and editors alone and should not be construed as representing the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. Christian Dorbandt SENIOR PRODUCTION MANAGER Promoting Cardiovascular Health Worldwide is published by Scientific American, a division of Nature America, Inc., 75 Varick Street, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10013- 1917. Copyright © 2014 Scientific American, a Division of Nature America, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced by any mechanical, Christina Hippeli photographic or electronic process, or in the form of a phonographic recording, nor may it be stored in a retrieval system, transmitted or otherwise copied for public or private use without written permission of the publisher. Scientific American is a trademark of Scientific American, Inc., used with permission. PREPRESS AND QUALITy MANAGER2 Scientific American, October 2013 Silvia De Santis TOC-Masthead 6p.indd 2 5/27/14 5:00 PM INTRODUCTION Promoting Global Cardiovascular Health: The Institute of Medicine Recommendations Valentin Fuster, Rajesh Vedanthan, Bridget B. Kelly and Jagat Narula ardiovascular 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. These diseases aff ect people from rural villages in India and Africa to small towns in Chile and major cities in the U.S., China, Europe—and everywhere in between. CBeyond the human toll, there is also heavy economic impact: Heart attack, stroke, diabetes and other cardiovascular-related illness are extremely costly, straining both personal and national fi nances. This special issue, Promoting Cardiovascular Health Worldwide, explores the problem—and outlines the solutions. The U.S. Institute of Medicine formed a committee to create a set of tangible recommendations that would catalyze and focus action around this important global health problem. The resulting report, Pro- moting Cardiovascular Health in the Developing World, was released in 2010. Funded by the U.S. National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, it detailed the reasons behind the exponential growth in cardiovascu- lar-related illnesses and the behaviors that contribute to them and outlined ways to reduce the global burden of these diseases. The recommendations highlighted a need for new tools, national policies and results-oriented programs. They also emphasized collaborations among governments, global health and development agencies and the international business community. Illustration by Jean Francois Podevin Promoting Cardiovascular Health Worldwide 3 Intro 6p.indd 3 5/30/14 4:49 PM BARRIERS ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS RECOMMENDATIONS Recognize Chronic Diseases as a Lack of awareness A 1 Development Assistance Priority Building Priorities, Competing Advocacy Advocate for Chronic Diseases priorities for and Funding government/donors 2 as a Funding Priority Improve National Coordination 3 for Chronic Diseases Implement Policies to Promote 4 Cardiovascular Health Weak health systems B Include Chronic Diseases in Policy and Health Systems Strengthening Conflicting Program 5 obligations in Implementation private sector Improve Access to CVD Diagnostics, Medicines 6 and Technologies 7 Collaborate to Improve Diet 8 Improve Local Data Insufficient C data on Data Define Resource Needs effectiveness Management 9 and Research Research to Assess What 10 Works in Different Settings Disseminate Knowledge and Innovation among Inadequate D 11 Similar Countries coordination Global among stakeholders Coordination and Reporting 12 Report on Global Progress SOURCE:4 Scientifi4 PromotingScientifi c American, c GlobalAmerican, October Cardiovascular October 2013 2013 Health: Moving Forward. Fuster V., et al. Circulation, 2011; 123: 1671–1678 October 2013,2013, ScientifiPhotograph cAmerican.com by Tktk Tktk 4 Intro 6p.indd 4 5/30/14 5:27 PM BARRIERS ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS RECOMMENDATIONS The following year, in September 2011, the United BUILDING PRIORITIES, ADVOCACY Nations General Assembly convened a high level meeting on AND FUNDING noncommunicable diseases, placing the issue squarely on the RECOMMENDATION 1 Recognize Chronic Diseases as a world’s agenda and demanding immediate action. Recognize Chronic Diseases as a Lack of awareness Development Assistance Priority A 1 In this issue, some of the world’s foremost authorities on Development Assistance Priority cardiovascular disease elaborate on the Institute of Medicine’s Epidemics without Borders Building Priorities, 12 recommendations to address this massive, worldwide Although cardiovascular and related chronic diseases are Competing Advocacy Advocate for Chronic Diseases problem. We provide concrete examples of programs that are starting to be recognized as part of the global health agenda, priorities for and Funding 2 as a Funding Priority working eff ectively on the ground, refl ect on global progress there is still relatively little investment from international government/donors made since 2010—and defi ne a way forward. development assistance agencies and the global health donor community; in many nations, these diseases are still largely THE GLOBAL CARDIOVASCULAR EPIDEMIC ignored. Many developing countries lack well-staff ed, well- Improve National Coordination There are myriad factors feeding the current cardiovascular