“ THE NOVARTIS FOUNDATION FOCUSES ON THE WORLD ’ S MOST PRESSING HEALTH CHALLENGES : CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND HEALTH INEQUITY ”
TECHNOLOGY
“ THE NOVARTIS FOUNDATION FOCUSES ON THE WORLD ’ S MOST PRESSING HEALTH CHALLENGES : CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND HEALTH INEQUITY ”
ANN AERTS HEAD OF NF , NOVARTIS FOUNDATION
introduce new learnings and tools as they become available , while expanding the approach towards lowering the overall cardiovascular risk in urban populations .”
This year at the Novartis Foundation , a lot is going on . The CARDIO4Cities approach will be expanding to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam , where the goal is to address other risk factors for cardiovascular diseases , as well as hypertension .
“ The next 12 months will be an exciting period for us ,” says Aerts . “ In addition , there will be further announcements of cities joining AI4HealthyCities , a network of major cities using data and artificial intelligence to improve urban heart health equity that is coordinated by the Novartis Foundation . Lisbon , Lausanne and São Paulo will be joining in Q1 2023 and the results of the New York programme , which launched in September 2022 , will be evaluated in Q2 2023 . Results from Lisbon and Lausanne will become available in the second half of this year .”
Till then , eat a balanced diet , get outside or get into the gym and find an efficient way to manage your stress . With all the research in the world , it will be willpower and self discipline which brings down the high rates of cardiovascular disease .
100 May 2023