Stroke Event Trend Quality Score for the WHO MONICA Project

Annex. Sites and key personnel of contributing MONICA Centres

China

Beijing Heart, Lung and Blood Vessel Research Institute, Beijing: Wu Zhaosu¹, Wu Yingkai²

Denmark

Centre of Preventive Medicine (The Glostrup Population Studies) Copenhagen University: M Schroll¹,  H Kirkby, S Henriksen, D Jeppesen, G Vincents, P Thorvaldsen

Finland

National Public Health Institute, Helsinki: J Tuomilehto¹, P Puska², P Immonen-Räihä, E Kaarsalo, EV Narva, K Salmi, V Salomaa, C Sarti, J Sivenius, J Torppa

Italy

Institute of Cardiology, Regional Hospital, Udine: D Vanuzzo¹, GA Feruglio², L Pilotto, GB Cignacco, M Scarpa, R Marini, G Zilio, M Spanghero, G Zanatta

Lithuania

Kaunas Medical Academy, Institute of Cardiology: J Bluzhas¹, D Rastenyte

Poland

National Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Department of Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Prevention: S Rywik¹, M Polakowska, G Broda⁵, B Jasinski, A Pytlak, H Wagrowska

Russian Federation

National Research Centre for Preventive Medicine, Moscow: T Varlamova¹

Institute of Internal Medicine, Novosibirsk: Yu P Nikitin¹, V Feigin, S Malyutina, T Vinogradova, A Tarasov

Sweden

Ostra Hospital Preventive Cardiology Unit, Göteborg: L Wilhelmsen¹, P Harmsen, K Romanus, G Lappas

Department of Internal Medicine, Kalix Lasarett, Kalix: F Huhtasaari¹, V Lundberg

Umeå University Hospital, Department of Medicine: K Asplund¹, B Stegmayr, M Peltonen, G Rönnberg

Yugoslavia

Novi Sad Health Centre: M Planojevic¹, D Jakovljevic²,  M Zikic, T Dapic, D Jakovljevic

MONICA Management Centre - World Health Organization, Geneva: S Mendis⁷, I Martin⁸, I Gyarfas⁸, Z Pisa⁸, SRA Dodu⁸, S Böthig⁸, MJ Watson, M Hill

MONICA Data Centre - National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland: K Kuulasmaa⁷, J Tuomilehto⁸, E Ruokokoski, H Tolonen, A-M Rajakangas, M Mähönen

MONICA Quality Control Centre for Event Registration. University of
Dundee, Scotland: H Tunstall-Pedoe⁷, K Barrett, C Brown

MONICA Stroke Advisory Group: K Asplund, R Bonita, D Eisenblätter, S Hatano, M Schroll, PO Wester, Wu Zhaosu, H Tunstall-Pedoe, J Tuomilehto.

MONICA Steering Committee: K Asplund (Chair), P Amouyel (Publications Co-ordinator), A Pajak, A Evans, H Tunstall-Pedoe (Rapporteur), S Mendis, K Kuulasmaa, A Shatchkute (WHO, Copenhagen). Consultants: A Dobson
Previous Steering Committee Members: R Beaglehole, M Ferrario, SP Fortmann, F Gutzwiller, M Hobbs, U Keil, A Menotti, P Puska, SL Rywik, S Sans, and former Chiefs of CVD/HQ, Geneva (listed above), V Zaitsev (WHO, Copenhagen) J Tuomilehto.
Former Consultants: MJ Karvonen (Helsinki, Finland), RJ Prineas (Minneapolis, USA), M Feinleib (Bethesda, USA), FH Epstein (Zürich, Switzerland), Z Pisa (Prague, Czech Republic), OD Williams (Birmingham, Alabama, USA)

¹ Principal Investigator
² Former Principal Investigator
³ Country Co-ordinator
⁴ Former Country Co-odinator
⁵ Co-Principal Investigator
⁶ Former Co-Principal Investigator
⁷ Responsible Officer
⁸ Former Responsible Officer