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Gene Bukhman, MD, PhD and Alice Kidder, MPH

Gene Bukhman is with the Division of Social Medicine and Health Inequalities, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Mass. Alice Kidder is with the School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Gene Bukhman, MD, PhD, Harvard School of Public Health, FXB Bldg, 651 Huntington Ave, 7th Fl, Boston, MA 02115 (e-mail: gbukhman{at}partners.org).

Early 20th-century cardiovascular voluntary organizations in the United States drew strength from the well-established antituberculosis movement. By midcentury, heart disease among the young and tuberculosis had declined in this country. The international fight against tuberculosis has gathered force since the 1990s. Meanwhile, support for international cardiovascular interventions has lagged behind.

We trace the divergent path of the international cardiovascular movement and suggest ways in which it could once again learn from the trials and achievements of tuberculosis control.