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Prevention of Non-communicable Diseases is Vital to the Global Development Agenda

K. Srinath Reddy, President of the Public Health Foundation of India and Professor of Cardiology at the All India Institute of Medical Science, gave this presentation on Friday, July 24th, 2009.

The Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) is a public-private initiative that involves building a public health education, research, and policy infrastructure in India, including nearly one dozen new schools of public health. Prior to joining PHFI, Dr. Reddy was Head of Cardiology at the All India Institute of Medical Science. He has been involved in several major international and national research studies including the INTERSALT global study of blood pressure and electrolytes, India Council of Medical Research commissioned national collaborative studies on Epidemiology of Coronary Heart Disease and Community Control of Rheumatic Heart Disease, and INTERHEART global study on risk factors of myocardial infarction. He is Coordinator of the Initiative for Cardiovascular Health Research in Developing Countries, a global partnership program that serves to strengthen research related to prevention of cardiovascular disease in low- and middle-resource countries. He has also served as Chair of the Scientific Council in Epidemiology of the World Heart Federation (2003-2006) and has recently been elected to serve as Chair of the Federation's Foundation Advisory Board (2007-2010). Dr. Reddy was awarded the WHO Director General's Award for Global Leadership in Tobacco Control at the 56th World Health Assembly in May 2003. He was conferred the prestigious national award of PADMA BHUSHAN by the President of India (one of the highest civilian awards conferred by the Government of India) on the occasion of the 57th Republic Day of India, in 2005. He recently organized the first ever Global Youth Meet on Health (GYM 2006) in New Delhi and facilitated the launch of the Youth for Health (Y4H) global network for health advocacy and action.