Sheila L Klassen, Emmy Okello, Jose M E Ferrer, Faraz Alizadeh, Prebo Barango, Pilly Chillo, Yamikani Chimalizeni, Wubaye Walelgne Dagnaw, Jean-Luc Eiselé, Lauren Eberly, Anu Gomanju, Neil Gupta, Bhagawan Koirala, Jacques Kpodonu, Gene Kwan, Bright G D Mailosi, Lilian Mbau, Reuben Mutagaywa, Colin Pfaff, Daniel Piñero, Fausto Pinto, Emmanuel Rusingiza, Usman Abiola Sanni, Amy Sanyahumbi, Urmila Shakya, Sanjib Kumar Sharma, Kunjang Sherpa, Isaac Sinabulya, Emily B Wroe, Gene Bukhman, Ana Mocumbi
Rheumatic and congenital heart disease, cardiomyopathies, and hypertensive heart disease are major causes of suffering and death in low- and lower middle-income countries (LLMICs), where the world's poorest billion people reside. Advanced cardiac care in these counties is still predominantly provided by specialists at urban tertiary centers, and is largely inaccessible to the rural poor. This situation is due to critical shortages in diagnostics, medications, and trained healthcare workers. The Package of Essential NCD Interventions - Plus (PEN-Plus) is an integrated care model for severe chronic noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) that aims to decentralize services and increase access...
2024: Global Heart