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Review
. 2016 Mar;11(1):5-15.
doi: 10.1016/j.gheart.2015.12.016.

Tackling NCD in LMIC: Achievements and Lessons Learned From the NHLBI-UnitedHealth Global Health Centers of Excellence Program

Michael M Engelgau  1 , Uchechukwu K Sampson  2 , Cristina Rabadan-Diehl  2 , Richard Smith  2 , Jaime Miranda  2 , Gerald S Bloomfield  2 , Deshiree Belis  2 , K M Venkat Narayan  2 ; National Health, Lung, and Blood Institute–UnitedHealth Global Health Centers of Excellence Collaborators
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Tackling NCD in LMIC: Achievements and Lessons Learned From the NHLBI-UnitedHealth Global Health Centers of Excellence Program

Michael M Engelgau et al. Glob Heart. 2016 Mar.

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    Engelgau MM, Sampson UK, Rabadan-Diehl C, Smith R, Miranda J, Bloomfield GS, Belis D, Narayan KMV; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute—UnitedHealth Global Health Centers of Excellence Collaborators. Engelgau MM, et al. Glob Heart. 2018 Dec;13(4):369. doi: 10.1016/j.gheart.2018.08.005. Epub 2018 Sep 7. Glob Heart. 2018. PMID: 30201424 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Abstract

Effectively tackling the growing noncommunicable disease (NCD) burden in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) is a major challenge. To address research needs in this setting for NCDs, in 2009, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and UnitedHealth Group (UHG) engaged in a public-private partnership that supported a network of 11 LMIC-based research centers and created the NHLBI-UnitedHealth Global Health Centers of Excellence (COE) Program. The Program's overall goal was to contribute to reducing the cardiovascular and lung disease burdens by catalyzing in-country research institutions to develop a global network of biomedical research centers. Key elements of the Program included team science and collaborative approaches, developing research and training platforms for future investigators, and creating a data commons. This Program embraced a strategic approach for tackling NCDs in LMICs and will provide capacity for locally driven research efforts that can identify and address priority health issues in specific countries' settings.

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National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute-UnitedHealth Global Health Centers of Excellence Program country location of centers, and name and location of the primary developed country partners and the administrative coordinating center
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