[Review] Cardiovascular, respiratory, and related disorders: key messages from Disease Control Priorities, 3rd edition

Cardiovascular, respiratory, and related disorders (CVRDs) are the leading causes of adult death worldwide, and substantial inequalities in care of patients with CVRDs exist between countries of high income and countries of low and middle income. Based on current trends, the UN Sustainable Development Goal to reduce premature mortality due to CVRDs by a third by 2030 will be challenging for many countries of low and middle income. We did systematic literature reviews of effectiveness and cost-effectiveness to identify priority interventions.

Source: LANCET - November 4, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Shuchi Anand, David Watkins, Thomas Gaziano, Yangfeng Wu, Jean Claude Mbanya, Rachel Nugent, Disease Control Priorities-3 Cardiovascular, Respiratory, and Related Disorders Author Group Tags: Review Source Type: research