Global cardiovascular disease prevention and management: A collaboration of key organizations, groups, and investigators in low- and middle-income countries

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Lancet Commission on Hypertension Group, Resolve to Save Lives (RTSL), and the World Hypertension League (WHL) share a collective goal of expanding the evidence base on hypertension, sodium, and trans fatty acid reduction strategies as a critical pathway to preventing and managing cardiovascular diseases. An important strategy for achieving this goal is to increase opportunities for investigators in low- and middle-income countries to contribute their studies in these areas to the scientific literature.