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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Statement of Task." Institute of Medicine. 2010. Promoting Cardiovascular Health in the Developing World: A Critical Challenge to Achieve Global Health. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12815.
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Appendix A
Statement of Task

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) will convene an ad hoc committee to study the evolving global epidemic of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and offer conclusions and recommendations pertinent to its control and to a range of public- and private-sector entities involved with global health and development. The proposed study should take advantage of the concept frameworks of the 1998 IOM report, the 2004 Earth Institute/IC Health Report, the 2007 “Grand Challenges” report, and a series of global cardiovascular health declarations (Victoria 1992, Catalonia 1995, Singapore 1998, Victoria 2000, Osaka 2001, and Milan 2004). It should synthesize and expand relevant evidence and knowledge based on findings from research and development, with an emphasis on developing pertinent concepts of global partnership and collaborations, and recommending actions targeted at global governmental organizations, nongovernmental organizations, policy and decision makers, funding agencies, academic and research institutions, and the general public. The study should draw upon the rich experience and best practices learned from global collaborations and infrastructure efforts to combat infectious diseases. An emphasis should be placed on multidirectional learning—best practices in one region of the world which can inform multiple other regions and, importantly, lessons learned from global practices that can inform the delivery and practice of medicine in the United States. It is expected that the report of this definitive, didactic, and scientific study will present, to the extent that evidence permits, sound arguments and reasoning for increasing investment in global cardiovascular health promotion and CVD prevention and control. The re-

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Statement of Task." Institute of Medicine. 2010. Promoting Cardiovascular Health in the Developing World: A Critical Challenge to Achieve Global Health. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12815.
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port should serve to help initiate global dialogue, align global forces, draw public attention, and lead to concerted global and international actions.

The specific aims of the study are as follows:

  1. Define the magnitude of the global CVD epidemic by examining, analyzing, and determining the burden of, and trends in, CVD worldwide.

  2. Identify current status, capacities, and best practices in CVD prevention and management in developed and developing countries, and determine how these best practices may be applied to other regions with an emphasis on multidirectional learning.

  3. Identify elements of success in global public health collaborations and infrastructure development learned from addressing infectious diseases that can be extended to the chronic, noncommunicable diseases.

  4. Examine specific gaps and barriers in implementing effective CVD prevention programs.

  5. Review existing frameworks and develop a global platform of actions and priorities (including research and development, prevention programs, and training) that may provide health systems (at the global, regional, country, and local levels) and settings (community, school, workplace, and health care), policy makers, and individuals with a specific set of goals and objectives, and performance measures (metrics).

  6. Identify current and potential future opportunities for collaboration and partnerships that will better enable individuals, organizations, or countries to enhance their capacities to address cardiovascular health. Develop strategies to enhance global, regional, and international partnerships.

  7. Identify and recommend the knowledge and tools that will be needed by individuals, organizations, and countries to anticipate, prevent, recognize, mitigate, and respond to the CVD epidemic.

  8. Develop an evaluation plan for monitoring the progress of global actions.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Statement of Task." Institute of Medicine. 2010. Promoting Cardiovascular Health in the Developing World: A Critical Challenge to Achieve Global Health. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12815.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Statement of Task." Institute of Medicine. 2010. Promoting Cardiovascular Health in the Developing World: A Critical Challenge to Achieve Global Health. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12815.
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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.

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