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Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Acronyms and Abbreviations." Institute of Medicine. 2010. Promoting Cardiovascular Health in the Developing World: A Critical Challenge to Achieve Global Health. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12815.
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Appendix D
Acronyms and Abbreviations

ACC American College of Cardiology

ACE angiotensin-converting enzyme

ACTIVITY Advancing Cessation of Tobacco in Vulnerable Indian Tobacco Consuming Youth

AHA American Heart Association

AIDS aquired immune deficiency syndrome

AIDSCAP AIDS Control and Prevention

AIIMS All India Institute of Medical Sciences

ALSPAC Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children

AMI acute myocardial infarction

BMI body mass index

BP blood pressure

BRFSS Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Study

CABG coronary artery bypass graft

CAD coronary artery disease

CBV cerebrovascular

CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CER cost-effectiveness ratio

CGD Center for Global Development

CHD coronary heart disease

CHF congestive heart failure

COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

CORIS Coronary Risk Factor Study

Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Acronyms and Abbreviations." Institute of Medicine. 2010. Promoting Cardiovascular Health in the Developing World: A Critical Challenge to Achieve Global Health. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12815.
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COTPA Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products Act

CTFK Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids

CVD cardiovascular disease

DALY disability-adjusted life year

DoD Department of Defense

DOTS Directly Observed Treatment Short

ECG electrocardiogram

EUROASPIRE European Action on Secondary Prevention by Intervention to Reduce Events

EVIPNet Evidence-Informed Policy Network

FAO Food and Agriculture Organization

FCTC Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

FDA Food and Drug Administration

FHI Family Health International

GDP gross domestic product

GNI gross national income

GSM Global System for Mobile Communications

GYAT Global Youth Action on Tobacco

GYM Global Youth Meet on Health

GYTS Global Youth Tobacco Survey

HAART highly active antiretroviral therapy

HDL high-density lipoprotein

HIV human immunodeficiency virus

HMN Health Metrics Network

HPA hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal

HRIDAY–SHAN Health Related Information Dissemination Amongst Youth-Student Health Action Network

IC Health Initiative for Cardiovascular Health Research in the Developing Countries

ICER incremental cost-effectiveness ratio

IFBA International Food and Beverage Alliance

IFPMA International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufactureres and Associations

IHD ischemic heart disease

IHME Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

IMF International Monetary Fund

Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Acronyms and Abbreviations." Institute of Medicine. 2010. Promoting Cardiovascular Health in the Developing World: A Critical Challenge to Achieve Global Health. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12815.
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IMPACT Implementing AIDS Prevention and Care

IOM Institute of Medicine

ISH International Society of Hypertension

ISPOR International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research

KBD Kick Butts Day

LBW low birth weight

LDL low-density lipoprotein

M&E measurement and evaluation

MAP Monitoring the AIDS Pandemic

MCC Millennium Challenge Corporation

MCH maternal and child health

m-health mobile health

MI myocardial infarction

MRC medical research center

MSF Médecins Sans Frontières

MYTRI Mobilizing Youth for Tobacco Related Initiatives in India

NCD noncommunicable disease

NCDnet Global Noncommunicable Diseases network

NGO nongovernmental organization

NHANES National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

NHLBI National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

NIH National Institutes of Health

NRC National Research Council

NTCP National Tobacco Control Program

OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

PAF population attributable fraction

PAHO Pan American Health Organization

PE physical education

PEPFAR President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief

PPP purchasing power parity

PREMISE Prevention of Occurrences of Myocardial Infarction and Stroke

PTCA percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty

QALY quality-adjusted life year

Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Acronyms and Abbreviations." Institute of Medicine. 2010. Promoting Cardiovascular Health in the Developing World: A Critical Challenge to Achieve Global Health. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12815.
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QIDS Quality Improvement Demonstration Study

R&D research and development

RCT randomized controlled trial

RHD rheumatic heart disease

SAVVY Sample Vital Registration with Verbal Autopsy

SBP systolic blood pressure

SCMS supply chain management system

SDBP sitting diastolic blood pressure

SIM subscriber identity module

STEPS STEPwise Approach to Chronic Disease Risk Factor Surveillance

SuRF Surveillance of Chronic Disease Risk Factors

TB tuberculosis

UN United Nations

UNAIDS Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS

UNDP United Nations Development Program

UNGASS United Nations General Assembly Special Sessions

UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund

USAID U.S. Agency for International Development

USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture

WCTOH World Conference on Tobacco or Health

WEF World Economic Forum

WHF World Heart Federation

WHL World Hypertension League

WHO World Health Organization

WHOSIS WHO Statistical Information System

WTO World Trade Organization

Y4H Youth for Health

Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Acronyms and Abbreviations." Institute of Medicine. 2010. Promoting Cardiovascular Health in the Developing World: A Critical Challenge to Achieve Global Health. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12815.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Acronyms and Abbreviations." Institute of Medicine. 2010. Promoting Cardiovascular Health in the Developing World: A Critical Challenge to Achieve Global Health. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12815.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Acronyms and Abbreviations." Institute of Medicine. 2010. Promoting Cardiovascular Health in the Developing World: A Critical Challenge to Achieve Global Health. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12815.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Acronyms and Abbreviations." Institute of Medicine. 2010. Promoting Cardiovascular Health in the Developing World: A Critical Challenge to Achieve Global Health. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12815.
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Cardiovascular disease (CVD), once thought to be confined primarily to industrialized nations, has emerged as a major health threat in developing countries. Cardiovascular disease now accounts for nearly 30 percent of deaths in low and middle income countries each year, and is accompanied by significant economic repercussions. Yet most governments, global health institutions, and development agencies have largely overlooked CVD as they have invested in health in developing countries. Recognizing the gap between the compelling evidence of the global CVD burden and the investment needed to prevent and control CVD, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) turned to the IOM for advice on how to catalyze change.

In this report, the IOM recommends that the NHLBI, development agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and governments work toward two essential goals:

  • creating environments that promote heart healthy lifestyle choices and help reduce the risk of chronic diseases, and
  • building public health infrastructure and health systems with the capacity to implement programs that will effectively detect and reduce risk and manage CVD.

To meet these goals, the IOM recommends several steps, including improving cooperation and collaboration; implementing effective and feasible strategies; and informing efforts through research and health surveillance. Without better efforts to promote cardiovascular health, global health as a whole will be undermined.

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