To reduce the burden of cardiovascular diseases in low- and middle-income countries by providing technical expertise, facilitating technical packages, building Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP) workforce capacity; establishing a consortium of experts; and collaborating with governmental agencies and partners.
To increase understanding of cardiovascular disease, the CDC Foundation and Amgen are partnering on a new global cardiovascular health initiative to support independent epidemiological research by the University of Oxford and technological and evaluation research by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).