Initiative for Cardiovascular Health Research in the Developing Countries

With research funding from the Initiative for Cardiovascular Health Research in the Developing Countries (IC-Health), Stephen Leeder has continued to work on the economic consequences of cardiovascular disease and the translation of these economic insights into effective preventive and control strategies through the recruitment of industry, labour and treasury and finance ministers from developing countries. This work builds on a report written by Stephen Leeder and colleagues on the challenge of cardiovascular disease in developing economies, A Race Against Time.

A study of the microeconomic consequences in families of people admitted to hospital in the previous two years for heart disease is being conducted in centres in China, India, Argentina and Tanzania. The family studies are being supplemented by an elegant review of the cost effectiveness of various cardiovascular disease preventive interventions in developing countries.