NHLBI has launched a new heart-health agenda, as part of its efforts to meet the cardiovascular health goals and objectives in the Federal Government's Healthy People 2010 report, issued in January 2000. The NHLBI effort is aimed at achieving cardiovascular health for all Americans.

The agenda has four key "Performance Goals," which are shown in the diagram below. These goals target differing stages in the progress of cardiovascular disease, from early prevention to the prevention of recurrent cardiovascular events and of complications.

To meet the goals, NHLBI is undertaking a wide range of "Performance Projects," each geared to measurable results in order to evaluate progress.

A key element of the Performance Projects is reaching into communities to forge partnerships for health, especially for those areas at high-risk for cardiovascular disease. The Performance Projects also try to bring vital information and resources where they are most needed.

A key element of the Performance Projects is reaching into communities to forge partnerships for health, especially for those areas at high-risk for cardiovascular disease. The Performance Projects also try to bring vital information and resources where they are most needed.