New Urban Health ‘Accelerator’ Aims to Transform Cardiovascular Population Health Globally

New Urban Health ‘Accelerator’ Aims to Transform Cardiovascular Population Health Globallyihadmin2May 22, 2023May 22, 2023GenevaThe CARDIO4Cities Accelerator by Novartis Foundation and IntraHealth International aims to replicate the successful CARDIO4Cities approach in 30 major cities within three years to transform cardiovascular population health and equity globally.Results of initial programs in S ão Paulo, Dakar and Ulaanbaatar show the cost-effective approach averted up to 13% of strokes and 12% of heart attacks during implementation.Experts say public-private partnerships are key to address the growing burden of cardiovascular disease, the world ’s leading cause of death,according to the World Health Organization (WHO).Geneva, May 22, 2023— Today, at the sides of the 76th World Health Assembly, the Novartis Foundation and IntraHealth International launch the CARDIO4Cities Accelerator. The accelerator aims to replicate CARDIO4Cities, the cardiovascular (CV) population health approach pioneered and validated by the Novartis Foundatio n, in 30 major cities within the next three years.As a neutral broker between city governments, health experts, industry, implementing partners, funders and investors, the accelerator pledges the global community to direct action and funding toward transforming CV population health and equity.Projections based on initial CARDIO4Cities programs in S ão Paulo (Brazil), Dakar (Senegal) and Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia), published inPLOS Globa...
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