Assessing the contributions of an urban population health initiative to shift political priority towards cardiovascular health: three case studies from Brazil, Mongolia and Senegal

• Main Authors: Jasmina Saric (Author), Ann Aerts (Author), Malick Anne (Author), Joseph Barboza (Author), Johannes Boch (Author), Naranjargal Dashdorj (Author), Diana Vaca McGhie (Author), Adela Santana (Author), Jason T. Shellaby (Author), Suely Miya Shiraishi Rollemberg (Author), Mariana Silveira (Author), Peter Steinmann (Author), Daniel Cobos (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The urban population health initiative was designed as a multidisciplinary, multisector programme to address cardiovascular (CV) disease, specifically hypertension and its underlying causes in the cities of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia; Dakar, Senegal; and São Paulo, Brazil. This artic...