Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Madras Diabetes Research Foundation (MDRF) and EMORY University of USA are working together and have established a Centre of Excellence (COE) in cardio-metabolic diseases namely 'Center of Excellence - Center for cArdio-metabolic Risk Reduction in South Asia (CARRS)' with support from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of USA. The COE-CARRS housed at PHFI is one of eleven centers in the world that is supported through the Global Health Initiative of NHLBI and the UnitedHealth Chronic Disease Initiative.

"Chronic cardio-metabolic diseases [CMD] (diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and kidney disease) and their risk factors (central obesity, insulin resistance, glucose intolerance, dyslipidemia, and hypertension) have become a prominent public health concern globally, especially in South Asia. In response to this growing epidemic, a Centre Of Excellence [COE] - Center for cArdio-metabolic Risk Reduction in South Asia [CARRS] has been established in South Asia to intensify the studies on CMD in South Asian to reduce the burden. The Madras Diabetes Research Foundation [MDRF] is extremely happy and proud to collaborate with world-class multi-disciplinary investigators from the Emory University, Atlanta (USA), Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) New Delhi [India], All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi [India] and Aga Khan University, Karachi [Pakistan] in establishing a multi-disciplinary COE-CARRS, which aims at reducing the burden of CMD through affordable and scalable innovations.

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