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    Data resource profile: Cardiovascular H3Africa Innovation Resource (CHAIR)
    (Oxford University Press, 2018-12) Owolabi, M. O.; Onoja, M. A.; Made, F.; Adebamowo, S. N.; Ojo, A.; Dwomoa, A.; Motala, A. A.; Bongani, M.M.; Ovbiagele, B.; Adebamowo, C.; Bamidele, T.; Rotimi, C.; Akinyemi, R.; Gebregziabher, M.; Sarfo, F.; Wahab, K. W.; Parekh, R. S.; Engel, M. E.; Chisala, C.; Peprah, E.; Mensah, G.; Wiley, K.; Troyer, J.; Miche` le, R.
    Low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) constitute the majority of the world’s population and bear more than 80% of the global burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD).1,2 The recent increases in CVD globally are also reflected in LMIC, where the prevalence of overall deaths from CVD was 28% in 20013 and premature CVD mortality was 37% in 2015.4 The paucity of data regarding the drivers of the CVD epidemic and contextualized solutions is, in part, because less than 10% of the global research resources and facilities for implementation are found in LMIC.5,6 Therefore LMIC are particularly disadvantaged in dealing with the CVD burden with...