Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases in the Maghrebian Region, 1990-2017: Finding from the Global Burden Diseases Study 1990-2017

Abstract

The World Health Organization (WHO) subsequently developed targets for prevention and control of NCDs in 2013, which included 25% relative reduction in overall mortality from CVD, 25% relative reduction in prevalence of high blood pressure, halting the rise in diabetes and obesity, and ensuring that at least 50% of patients with CVD have access to relevant drugs and medical counseling by 2025 [11,12]. The category of CVD includes the ten most common global causes of CVD-related death: rheumatic heart disease, ischemic heart disease, cerebrovascular disease (ischemic stroke and hemorrhagic stroke), hypertensive heart disease, cardiomyopathy and myocarditis, atrial fibrillation and flutter, aortic aneurysm, peripheral vascular disease, endocarditis, and "other cardiovascular and circulatory diseases." A Cochrane systematic review showed that multiple risk factor interventions may lower systolic and diastolic blood pressure, body mass index, and waist circumference in low-and middleincome countries [20,21]. [...]reports of health system challenges in controlling and managing CVD in some of the EMR countries reemphasize the need for significant investment and improvement of access [30-32].