Prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease is possible but poorly put into practice

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W orldwide, noncommunicable diseases are the dominant cause of death, with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease a major contributor. 1 These deaths are spread across high-to low-income countries, with ≈1 in 3 of all cardiovas-cular disease deaths occurring in individuals aged <70 years, amounting to an estimated 6 million cases annually. 1 Analyses in many countries have shown that both an im...

Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Clinical Practice

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Disease Control Priorities Third Edition: Time to Put a Theory of Change Into Practice; Comment on “Disease Control Priorities Third Edition Is Published: A Theory of Change Is Needed for Translating Evidence to Health Policy”

The Disease Control Priorities program (DCP) has pioneered the use of economic evidence in health. The theory of change (ToC) put forward by Norheim is a further welcome and necessary step towards translating DCP evidence into better priority setting in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). We also agree that institutionalising evidence for informed priority-setting processes is crucial. Un...

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