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New Urban Health ‘Accelerator’ Aims to Transform Cardiovascular Population Health Globally
ihadmin2May 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 O...
Source: IntraHealth International - May 22, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: ihadmin2 Source Type: news

World Health Assembly approves resolution on hepatitis and mechanism to coordinate noncommunicable disease response
22 May 2014 -- The World Health Assembly approved a resolution to improve the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of viral hepatitis and proposals to improve global coordination of efforts to address noncommunicable diseases like diabetes, cancers, heart disease and stroke.
Source: WHO news - May 22, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Tags: cancer [subject], Diabetes, heart disease, Hepatitis, hepatitis [subject], leprosy [subject], NCDs, noncommunicable disease [subject], Press release [doctype], stroke, WHA67, Audio, Fact Sheets, media center, media centre, Notes for the Press, Photographs Source Type: news