A new Scientific American (SA) article special issue highlights the 12 recommendations of an Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, Promoting Cardiovascular Health in the Developing World: A Critical Challenge to Achieve Global Health, published in 2010.  DCP3 series editor and Project Director and Clinical Associate Professor Dr. Rachel Nugent was a member of the committee that prepared the report and expounds on recommendation 9 in the special issue.  She urges countries to define resource needs by using the most up-to-date data about in-country capacity.