The United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals aim to reduce deaths from non-communicable diseases by one-third by 2030. In addition, the member states of the UN have agreed in principle to take action to decrease cardiovascular disease (CVD)-related mortality by 25% by 2025.1 While there was a decrease in age-specific deaths globally from 2007 to 2017, total CVD deaths rose by 21% during the same time period.2 The primary drivers for this were the ageing of populations, overall population growth and epidemiological trends in CVD. In low-income and middle-income countries, increases in gross domestic product per capita and associated predicted decreases in the CVD burden did not reduce mortality overall.3 Improvements in education and wealth have historically been associated with improvements in the overall health of communities. However, the reality is that there is an initial phase of adoption of deleterious risk behaviours, like consumption of high-caloric/high-fat diets, increased smoking and adherence to sedentary lifestyles, that may undo any potential gains expected from prosperity.4 5 The poorest in society and those …

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全球健康：心脏病专家适合做什么？

联合国（UN）可持续发展目标旨在到 2030 年将非传染性疾病导致的死亡人数减少三分之一。此外，联合国成员国原则上同意采取行动减少与心血管疾病（CVD）相关的死亡人数。到 2025 年死亡率下降 25%。1 虽然从 2007 年到 2017 年全球特定年龄死亡人数有所下降，但同期 CVD 死亡总数却上升了 21%。2 造成这种情况的主要驱动因素是人口老龄化、总体人口增长和 CVD 的流行病学趋势。在低收入和中等收入国家，人均国内生产总值的增加和相关的心血管疾病负担的预期下降并未降低总体死亡率。3 教育和财富的改善历来与社区整体健康的改善有关。然而，