Marjan Walli-Attaei, Philip Joseph, Annika Rosengren, Clara K Chow et al.
BACKGROUND Some studies, mainly from high-income countries (HICs), report that women receive less care (investigations and treatments) for cardiovascular disease than do men and might have a higher risk of death. However, very few studies systematically report risk factors, use of primary or seconda...
Trishul Siddharthan, Matthew R. Grigsby, Dina Goodman, Muhammad Ashique Haider Chowdhury et al.
RATIONALE: Forty percent of households worldwide burn biomass fuels for energy, which may be the most important contributor to household air pollution. OBJECTIVES: To examine the association between household air pollution exposure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) outcomes in 13 reso...
William Checkley, Hassen Ghannem, Vilma Irazola, Sylvester Kimaiyo et al.
Noncommunicable disease (NCD), comprising cardiovascular disease, stroke, diabetes, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, are increasing in incidence rapidly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Some patients have access to the same treatments available in high-income countries, but mos...
Brooks Morgan, Matthew R. Grigsby, Trishul Siddharthan, Muhammad Chowdhury et al.
Background Asthma‐chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) overlap (ACO) represents the confluence of bronchial airway hyperreactivity and chronic airflow limitation and has been described as leading to worse lung function and quality of life than found with either singular disease process. Obje...
Katarina Kamenar, Shakir Hossen, Akshay Gupte, Trishul Siddharthan et al.
Background Risk factors for COPD in high-income settings are well understood; however, less attention has been paid to contributors of COPD in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) such as pulmonary tuberculosis. We sought to study the association between previous tuberculosis disease and C...
Rodrigo M. Carrillo‐Larco, J. Jaime Miranda, Xian Li, Chendi Cui et al.
BACKGROUND: Currently available tools for assessing high cardiovascular risk (HCR) often require measurements not available in resource-limited settings in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). There is a need to assess HCR using a pragmatic evidence-based approach. OBJECTIVES: This study sought ...
Dennis Emuron, Trishul Siddharthan, Brooks Morgan, Suzanne L. Pollard et al.
Observational studies investigating household air pollution (HAP) exposure to biomass fuel smoke as a risk factor for pulmonary tuberculosis have reported inconsistent results. To evaluate the association between HAP exposure and the prevalence of self-reported previous pulmonary tuberculosis. We an...
Enrico G. Ferro, Gautam Satheesh, José M. Castellano, Albertino Damasceno et al.
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading global cause of mortality, with treatment adherence posing a major barrier to effective prevention and control. Single pill combinations (SPCs), also known as fixed-dose combinations, simplify treatment by combining multiple agents into one pill, improv...
Pedro Ordúñez, Andrés Rosende, Maria Florencia Grande Ratti, Donald J. DiPette et al.
BACKGROUND: HEARTS in the Americas is the regional adaptation of the WHO Global HEARTS Initiative. This paper presents Phase 3 of HEARTS 2.0, an evidence-informed process to prioritize clinical and health-system interventions to support the operationalization of integrated cardiovascular, kidney, an...
Anna K. Porter, Prabhakaran Dorairaj, Vilma Irazola, Yin Cheng Lim et al.
Low- and middle-income countries in Asia are experiencing a rapidly increasing prevalence of hypertension, yet they have some of the lowest rates of hypertension detection, treatment, and control in the world. Thus, the implementation of effective evidence-based interventions for hypertension is urg...