{"id":2910,"date":"2019-04-07T08:51:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-07T07:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/news\/taking-action-for-circulatory-health-and-sustainable-development\/"},"modified":"2021-04-30T19:18:11","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T18:18:11","slug":"taking-action-for-circulatory-health-and-sustainable-development","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/news\/taking-action-for-circulatory-health-and-sustainable-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking Action for Circulatory Health and Sustainable Development"},"content":{"rendered":"
Ottawa\/Geneva, April 7, 2019<\/strong> \u2013 Heart disease, hypertension and stroke, and associated conditions such as kidney diseases and diabetes are largely preventable, yet they are the major causes of mortality in the world, with more than 75 percent of the related deaths occurring in low and middle income countries.<\/p>\n
According to a report by the World Economic Forum and the Harvard School of Public Health, the global cost of cardiovascular disease was estimated at US$ 863 billion in 2010 and likely to reach US$ 1,044 billion in 2030.<\/p>\n