The Future Role of the United States in Global Health: Emphasis on Cardiovascular Disease

on behalf of the, Committee on Global Health and the Future of the United States: A Report of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, Committee on Global Health and the Future of the United States: A Report of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine

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Abstract

U.S. global health investment has focused on detection, treatment, and eradication of infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, malaria, and human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, with significant results. Although efforts should be maintained and expanded to provide ongoing therapy for chronic infectious disease, there is a pressing need to meet the challenge of noncommunicable diseases, which constitute the highest burden of diseases globally. A Committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has made 14 recommendations that require ongoing commitments to eradication of infectious disease and increase the emphasis on chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease. These include improving early detection and treatment, mitigating disease risk factors, shifting global health infrastructure to include management of cardiovascular disease, developing global partners and private-public ventures to meet infrastructure and funding challenges, streamlining medical product development and supply, increasing research and development capacity, and addressing gaps in global political and institutional leadership to meet the shifting challenge.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)3140-3156
Number of pages17
JournalJournal of the American College of Cardiology
Volume70
Issue number25
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 26 2017

Keywords

  • cardiovascular health
  • global health
  • noncommunicable diseases

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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