The Year of Neglected Cardiac Diseases

“Of more than 600 million people living with cardiovascular disease, an estimated 100 million, about one in six, live with conditions readily treated in high-income countries but still killing children and young adults elsewhere. Medicine has developed the tools and interventions to prevent, diagnose, and treat many of these conditions. However, the world has not made them equitably available.”

“The tools, the knowledge, and the moral imperative are already in place. What has been missing is will, sustained funding, and accountability.”