A new five-year health initiative backed by world\u2019s three biggest philanthropies has been launched to accelerate the progress of reducing deaths from stroke and heart attack in low-and-middle-income countries.<\/p>\n
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\u2018Resolve\u2019 led Dr Tom Frieden, the former director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and former commissioner of the New York City (NYC) Health Department, is aimed at saving 100 million lives by preventing heart attacks and strokes.<\/p>\n
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This groundbreaking initiative of $225 million is the first to be funded together by Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was launched on Tuesday in New York.<\/p>\n
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It will be implemented by a team of global health experts at Vital Strategies, a New York-based global health organization that works in more than 60 countries including Bangladesh.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThe world\u2019s leading cause of death is largely preventable, and we can\u2019t sit back while people suffer needlessly,\u201d said Michael Bloomberg, in a statement.<\/p>\n
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He said saving 100 million lives would be an \u201cextraordinary achievement \u2013 and it\u2019s within our reach\u201d. \u201cTom Frieden helped us make unprecedented gains in life expectancy in New York, and he\u2019s the perfect person to lead this global effort.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Dr Frieden, President and CEO of Resolve, which will be housed at Vital Strategies said there are proven strategies every country can use to prevent deaths from heart disease, stroke, and epidemics \u2013 but progress has been \u201cpainfully slow\u201d.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI am deeply grateful to Michael Bloomberg, Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for supporting efforts that aim to save more than 100 million lives.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u201cHeart attacks and strokes are the world\u2019s leading killers \u2013 including of working-age adults. Lessons learned during the Ebola epidemic can reduce the risk of future epidemics. Each intervention is at a tipping point, and these investments will tip the scales in favour of saving lives and protecting health.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Under Tom Frieden\u2019s direction, the Resolve initiative will help give countries the tools they need to identify and respond to new health threats quickly, said Dr Priscilla Chan, paediatrician and co-founder of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWhile our foundation typically focuses on infectious diseases because they disproportionately affect the world\u2019s poorest, we are increasingly concerned about the growing rate of cardiovascular disease in low- and middle-income countries,\u201d said Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThat\u2019s why we are joining forces with the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and Bloomberg Philanthropies to support the work of Dr Frieden and his team to tackle these twin threats to public health.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Jos\u00e9 Luis Castro, President and Chief Executive Officer, Vital Strategies, said that they are \u201chonoured\u201d that this new initiative is being housed in Vital Strategies.<\/p>\n
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The Resolve initiative consists of two programs: Resolve \u2013 To Save 100 Million Lives, and Resolve \u2013 \u00a0To Prevent Epidemics.<\/p>\n
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Across both programs, the Resolve initiative will employ best practice approaches to monitoring the extent of the problem and progress made, improving the global evidence base, and be providing examples for other countries to follow, amplifying the overall impact of the project.<\/p>\n
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