The Victoria Declaration on Heart Health, published in 1992, was the first in a series of international heart health declarations CDC collaborated on.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by multiple independent academic sources (NCBI/National Academies Press, AHA Circulation, Journal of Human Hypertension) and an archived CDC history page. Minor nuance: CDC's own timeline suggests its direct collaboration began with the 1995 Catalonia declaration rather than the 1992 Victoria one, but this is consistent with the claim describing Victoria as first in a series CDC collaborated on overall.
Sources
- History of Cardiovascular Health Activities Within the CDC | DHDSP | CDC (archive.cdc.gov)
- https://cybercemetery.unt.edu/oilspill/20120925014722mp_/http://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/history.htm (cybercemetery.unt.edu)
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK45683/ (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
- https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/circulationaha.110.968743 (ahajournals.org)
- https://doi.org/10.1097/01.hjr.0000137493.07139.29 (doi.org)
- https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/circulationaha.111.087726 (ahajournals.org)
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235928333_The_Victoria_Declaration_on_Heart_Health_Declaration_of_the_Advisory_Board (researchgate.net)