The WHO “Principles of Health Benefits Packages (HBP)” provides a useful framework for countries to decide what services should be included in HBP. It further details criteria to support decision-making on HBPs, including burden of disease, availability of cost-effective interventions, financial risk protection and the social and economic impact. When considering the burden of disease criteria, defined by morbidity, mortality and disability, circulatory diseases are the number one cause of death and disability worldwide, they contribute to more than 374 million of lives lost each year. People living with diabetes are two to four times more likely to die from heart disease and CVD is the leading cause of death for people with kidney disease. Moreover, due to their chronic nature and high cost of specialized care often needed to manage them, circulatory diseases contribute significantly to driving individuals and households into poverty when they need to pay for such services out...
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