Review
Tackling NCD in LMIC: Achievements and Lessons Learned From the NHLBI—UnitedHealth Global Health Centers of Excellence Program
- Michael M. Engelgau
- Uchechukwu K. Sampson
- Cristina Rabadan-Diehl
- Richard Smith
- Jaime Miranda
- Gerald S. Bloomfield
- Deshiree Belis
- K.M. Venkat Narayan
- Adolfo Rubinstein
- Jiang He
- Dewan S. Alam
- David H. Peters
- Yangfeng Wu
- Lijing L. Yan
- Michael Merson
- Manuel Ramirez
- Benjamin Caballero
- Denis Xavier
- Salim Yusuf
- Dorairaj Prabhakaran
- K.M. Venkat Narayan
- Sylvester Kimaiyo
- Eric Velazquez
- Catalina A. Denman
- Elsa Cornejo
- Jill de Zapien
- Cecilia Rosales
- J. Jaime Miranda
- Robert H. Gilman
- Naomi Levitt
- Thomas A. Gaziano
- Hassen Ghannem
- Tiina Laatikainen
- Cristina Rabadan-Diehl
- Michael M. Engelgau
- Deshiree Belis
- Uchechukwu Sampson
- Richard Smith
- Nancy L. Dianis
- Tracy L. Wolbach
- Gabriela Matta
- Laura Gutierrez
- Natalia Elorriaga
- Rosana Poggio
- Vilma Irazola
- Lydia Bazzano
- Abbas Bhuiya
- Abdul Wazed
- Alfazal Khan
- Ali T. Siddiquee
- Anwar Islam
- Jahangir A.M. Khan
- Jasim Uddin
- Khaled Hasan
- Masuma A. Khanam
- Mohammad Yunus
- Muhammad A.H. Chowdhury
- Nazratun N. Monalisa
- Nurul Alam
- Peter K. Streatfield
- Shyfuddin Ahmed
- Sonia Parvin
- Taslim Ali
- Louis W. Niessen
- Mohammad D. Hossain
- Tracey L.P. Koehlmoos
- Hilary Standing
- Henry Lucas
- Sara N. Bleich
- Gerard F. Anderson
- Antonio J. Trujillo
- Andrew J. Mirelman
- Jesse Hao
- Jing Zhang
- Maoyi Tian
- Polly Huang
- Rong Luo
- Weigang Fang
- Xian Li
- Xiangxian Feng
- Zhifang Li
- Kelly Deal
- Eric Peterson
- Elizabeth DeLong
- Bo Zhou
- Jingpu Shi
- Bruce Neal
- Stephen Jan
- Nicole Li
- Stephen McMahon
- Jianxin Zhang
- Jixin Sun
- Paul Elliot
- Yi Zhao
- Yuhong Zhang
- Chen Yao
- Ningling Huang Sun
- Qide Han
- Ruqun Shen
- Wenyi Niu
- Yanfang Wang
- Yang Ke
- Yining Huang
- Stephen Leeder
- Alan Lopez
- Ruijuan Zhang
- Yan Yu
- Ana V. Roman
- Carlos Mendoza
- Dina Roche
- Gabriela Mejicano
- Maria A. Cordova
- Maria F. Kroker
- Meredith Fort
- Paola Letona
- Rebecca Kanter
- Regina Garcia
- Sandra Murillo
- Violeta Chacon
- Rafael Montero
- Erika J. Lopez
- Liz Peña
- Maricruz Castro
- Ana L. Dengo
- Emilce Ulate
- Nadia Alvarado
- Josefina Sibrian
- Astarte Alegria
- Ana M. Gutierrez
- Flavia Fontes
- Alben Sigamani
- Deepak Kamath
- Freeda Xavier
- K.B. Deepthi
- M. Anupama
- Nandini Mathu
- Nisha George
- Pranjali Rahul
- Prem Pais
- Preeti Girish
- Seena Thomas
- T. Usha
- Tinku Thomas
- Rajnish Joshi
- N. Chidambaram
- Rajeev Gupta
- Clara Chow
- Janice Pogue
- Martin O'Donnell
- P.J. Devereaux
- Dominic Misquith
- Twinkle Agrawal
- Farah N. Fathima
- Kolli Srinath Reddy
- Roopa Shivashankar
- Vamadevan S. Ajay
- Hassan M. Khan
- M. Masood Kadir
- Muhammad Q. Masood
- Zafar Fatmi
- Anand Krishnan
- Kavita Singh
- Nikhil Tandon
- Rajesh Khadgawat
- V. Usha Menon
- Bipin Kumar Sethi
- A.G. Unnikrishnan
- Mark L. Hutcheson
- Mohammed K. Ali
- Solveig A. Cunningham
- Shivani A. Patel
- Unjali Gujral
- Ankush Desai
- Deepa Mohan
- R. Guha Pradeepa
- V. Mohan
- Vijay Viswanathan
- Rakesh Sahay
- Seema Shah
- Ganapathi Bantwal
- Premlata K. Varthakavi
- Manisha Nair
- Constantine Akwanalo
- David Lagat
- Felix Barasa
- Myra Koech
- Wilson Sugut
- Belinda Korir
- Priscah Mosol
- Shamim Ali
- Charles B. Sherman
- Jane Carter
- Gerald Bloomfield
- Cynthia Binanay
- Rajesh Vedanthan
- A. Bernabé-Ortiz
- F. León-Velarde
- George D. Smith
- Germán Málaga
- Héctor H. García
- Juan P. Casas
- Katherine Sacksteder
- Liam Smeeth
- Luis Huicho
- María Rivera
- Raúl Gamboa
- Shah Ebrahim
- Víctor M. Montori
- Robert A. Wise
- William Checkley
- Gregory B. Diette
- Beatrice Nojilana
- Buyelwa Majikela-Dlangamandla
- Carmelita Sylvester
- Johanna Malan
- Katherine Murphy
- Krisela Steyn
- Lindi van Niekerk
- Robert Mash
- Thandi Puoane
- Grace Kim
- Ankur Pandya
- Shafika Abrahams-Gessel
- Hilary Rhode
- Michael Pather
- Alvaro R. Andrade
- Beatriz Garcia
- Carlos Velasco
- David Medina
- Delia Bravo
- Diana Munguia
- Eric Bateman
- Francisco Castro
- Helen Schneider
- Ilse Ibarra
- Jabulisiwe Zulu
- Joel Felix
- Karla Tribe
- Kirsten Bobrow
- Lara Fairall
- Naomi Folb
- Norma Murillo
- Norma Pacheco
- Paloma Rodriguez
- Paola Navarro
- Reyna Flores
- Richard Van Zyl Smit
- Rosario Meddoza
- Sameer Surka
- Serena Van Haght
- Yanira Hernandez
- Lungiswa Tsolekile
- Gouider Jeridi
- Imed Harrabi
- Jihen Maatoug
- Lamia Boughammoura
- Larbi Chaieb
- Nejib Mrizek
- Rafika Gaha
- Khalifa Limam
- Souad Amimi
- Karima Gaha
- Habib Gamra
- Mustafa Al'Absi
- Erkki Vartiainen
- Cornelius Moore
- Debi Spillan
- Kristiane Cooper
- Megan Mitchell
- Ruth Kirby
- Yunling Gao
- Emmanuel Aluko
Abstract
Effectively tackling the growing noncommunicable disease (NCD) burden in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) is a major challenge. To address research needs in this setting for NCDs, in 2009, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and UnitedHealth Group (UHG) engaged in a public-private partnership that supported a network of 11 LMIC-based research centers and created the NHLBI-UnitedHealth Global Health Centers of Excellence (COE) Program. The Program’s overall goal was to contribute to reducing the cardiovascular and lung disease burdens by catalyzing in-country research institutions to develop a global network of biomedical research centers. Key elements of the Program included team science and collaborative approaches, developing research and training platforms for future investigators, and creating a data commons. This Program embraced a strategic approach for tackling NCDs in LMICs and will provide capacity for locally driven research efforts that can identify and address priority health issues in specific countries’ settings.
Highlights
- A public-private partnership created the Program.
- Forming the Program captured all the elements of team science.
- The Program used best practices of collaborative science.
- Research training for future investigators was a high priority.