Ndione, Ida
Aerts, Ann
Barshilia, Asha
Boch, Johannes
Rosiers, Sarah Des
Ferrer, Jose M. E.
Saric, Jasmina
Seck, Karim
Sene, Bernard N.
Steinmann, Peter
Venkitachalam, Lakshmi
Shellaby, Jason T.
Article History
Received: 26 January 2021
Accepted: 17 May 2021
First Online: 10 June 2021
Declarations
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: All participating organizations signed a Charter of Coalition Agreement and participants gave written, informed consent. The coalition companies provided aggregate clinical data of their employees, hence no identifiable data was accessed in the frame of this work. Approval to generate routine data in Dakar within the framework of the Better Hearts Better Cities initiative was given by the Comité National d’Ethique pour la Recherche en Santé (Protocol SEN18/79).
: Not applicable.
: Novartis Foundation funded the Better Hearts Better Cities initiative, provided technical input in the design of the initiative and ensured overall program coordination. A.A., J.B., S.D.R., K.S. and J.T.S. are affiliated with Novartis Foundation. I.N. and B.S. affiliated with PATH, A.B., J.M.E.F and L.V. affiliated with the American Heart Association and J.S. and P.S. affiliated with the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute are funded by Novartis Foundation for contributing to the program described here. The Novartis Foundation had a collaboration agreement signed with the NCD Division at the MOHSA, in which it was clearly stated that there would be no financial transaction between the Novartis Foundation and the MOHSA.