Publications and Reports

Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease
May 2009

Chronic diseases such as asthma, cancer, diabetes, and heart disease affect approximately 133 million Americans and lead to 70 percent of the deaths in our country each year. To inform policymakers and other local, state, and national leaders of the economic and societal impacts of chronic disease, the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (PFCD) published the 2009 Almanac of Chronic Disease. CRI President Richard H. Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., FACS, and national chairperson of the PFCD, contributed the Almanac Foreword, and CRI Executive Director and Board Member Jennifer Cabe, M.A., PFCD advisory board member, contributed chapter commentaries.

• Read the Almanac
• Read the Executive Summary

Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease
January 2009

In “Principles for Meaningful Health Reform,” the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease calls for common-sense principles for health reform.

• Read the Report

Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease
June 2008

Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease developed this report to serve as a comprehensive resource for developing policies and programs to address the crisis of chronic illness.

• Keeping America Healthy: Essential Elements of Successful Programs
• Keeping America Healthy: Executive Summary, A Guide to Successful Programs
• Keeping America Healthy: A Catalog of Successful Programs
• Roadmap to Successful Program Development
• View the Promising Practices Website

Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease
May 2008

In the United States, chronic diseases directly affect more than 130 million Americans and cost the U.S. economy $1 trillion a year in lost productivity. The Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (PFCD) published the Almanac to serve as a key resource in the battle against the crisis of chronic disease.

• Read the Almanac

Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease
September 2007

Rising rates of chronic health problems impose an unsustainable burden on the U.S. health care system. This platform developed by CRI partner the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease is intended to help bring focus to the crisis of chronic disease and highlight common-sense reforms.

• Read the Platform
• Read the Platform Summary