The CVD epidemic alert

Em agosto de 2004 a AMICOR Maria Inês Reinert Azambuja enviou para ProCOR o comentário cujos parágrafos inciais estão abaixo mas que pode ser conseguido na íntegra clicando no hyperlink. Pode ser oportuno nesta hora em que se retoma a discussão sobre Doenças Crônicas.

Commentary: 

Author:

Maria Inês Reinert Azambuja, MD, PhD, Department of Social Medicine School of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Commentaries are personal reflections on topics relevant to cardiovascular disease prevention contributed by members of ProCor's global community.

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Between 2001 and 2004, several papers were published internationally, strongly suggesting an imminent dislocation of the CVD epidemic from developed to developing countries. The quotations below reproduce some of these "epidemic alerts," usually made as an introductory remark to an immediate call for action, aimed to "prevent" that anticipated disaster through widespread public health interventions in our countries./.../