The Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases Suppo rts 15 Major Studies inHypertension Prevention and Control in Low- and Middle-IncomeCountrie s

W TOBE, S; AUGUSTOVSKI F

World Hypertension League

World Hypertension League

Año: 2016

2223-3652

The Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases Suppo rts 15 Major Studies inHypertension Prevention and Control in Low- and Middle-IncomeCountrie sSheldon W.Tobe, MD, MScCH (HPTE), FRCPC; On behalf of the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases Hypertension ResearchTeams With the World Hypertension LeagueFrom the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, CanadaAfter the November 2007 Nature article on the grandchallenges in chronic noncommunicable diseases(NCDs),1the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases(GACD) was formed in 2009 by six of the world?slargest public funders of health research.2The firstround of funding focused on hypertension, aligning withthe World Health Organization?s (WHO?s) recognitionthat hypertension contributes to more deaths worldwidethan any other single risk factor.