Data Resource Profile: Cardiovascular H3Africa Innovation Resource (CHAIR)
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Date
2019-04-01
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International Journal of Epidemiology
Abstract
Low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) constitute the
majority of the world’s population and bear more than
80% of the global burden of cardiovascular disease
(CVD).1,2 The recent increases in CVD globally are also
reflected in LMIC, where the prevalence of overall deaths
from CVD was 28% in 20013 and premature CVD mortality
was 37% in 2015.4 The paucity of data regarding the
drivers of the CVD epidemic and contextualized solutions
is, in part, because less than 10% of the global research
resources and facilities for implementation are found in
LMIC.5,6 Therefore LMIC are particularly disadvantaged
in dealing with the CVD burden with targeted interventions.
at the individual and community levels. due to the
lack of data availability.
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Research Article
Keywords
phenotype, cardiovascular diseases, africa, cardiovascular system, genome, sirenomelia