نتایج جستجو برای: communicable disease ncd

تعداد نتایج: 1501022  

Journal: :Journal of Politics in Latin America 2021

Research has underscored the agenda-setting and policy implementation advantages associated with concentration of political policy-making authority. But to what extent does this authority within health institutions determine early timing depth non-communicable disease (NCD) policies? Are other factors outside government more important? Comparing one Latin American country exhibiting a strong au...

2016
Ronald Wesonga David Guwatudde Silver K. Bahendeka Gerald Mutungi Fabian Nabugoomu James Muwonge

BACKGROUND Modification of known risk factors has been the most tested strategy for dealing with non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The cumulative number of NCD risk factors exhibited by an individual depicts a disease burden. However, understanding the risk factors associated with increased NCD burden has been constrained by scarcity of nationally representative data, especially in the developi...

2012
Penelope A. Phillips-Howard Frank O. Odhiambo Mary Hamel Kubaje Adazu Marta Ackers Anne M. van Eijk Vincent Orimba Anja van’t Hoog Caryl Beynon John Vulule Mark A. Bellis Laurence Slutsker Kevin deCock Robert Breiman Kayla F. Laserson

BACKGROUND Targeted global efforts to improve survival of young adults need information on mortality trends; contributions from health and demographic surveillance system (HDSS) are required. METHODS AND FINDINGS This study aimed to explore changing trends in deaths among adolescents (15-19 years) and young adults (20-24 years), using census and verbal autopsy data in rural western Kenya usin...

2014
Jeremy I Schwartz David Guwatudde Rachel Nugent Charles Mondo Kiiza

The demographic and nutritional transitions taking place in Uganda, just as in other low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), are leading to accelerating growth of chronic, non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Though still sparse, locally derived data on NCDs in Uganda has increased greatly over the past five years and will soon be bolstered by the first nationally representative data set on NCDs....

Journal: :Arab journal of nephrology and transplantation 2013
Muhammad Ali Makusidi Hamid Muhammad Liman Abdulmunin Yakubu Muhammad Dan Asabi Isah Ridwan Muhammad Jega Habibullah Adamu Adindu Chijioke

INTRODUCTION Developing countries confront double jeopardy of prevalent infectious disease and increasing Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) with imminent projected epidemic proportions. Nigeria has witnessed tremendous socio-economic changes and rural to urban migration culminating in emergence of NCD. The impact of these diseases on the lives of people is enormous when measured in terms of outco...

Journal: :Sports medicine 2013
Gordon O Matheson Martin Klügl Lars Engebretsen Fredrik Bendiksen Steven N Blair Mats Börjesson Richard Budgett Wayne Derman Ugur Erdener John P A Ioannidis Karim M Khan Rodrigo Martinez Willem Van Mechelen Margo Mountjoy Robert E Sallis Martin Schwellnus Rebecca Shultz Torbjørn Soligard Kathrin Steffen Carl Johan Sundberg Richard Weiler Arne Ljungqvist

Morbidity and mortality from preventable, non-communicable chronic disease (NCD) threatens the health of our populations and our economies. The accumulation of vast amounts of scientific knowledge has done little to change this. New and innovative thinking is essential to foster new creative approaches that leverage and integrate evidence through the support of big data, technology and design t...

Journal: :International journal of epidemiology 2013
Jessica C Jones-Smith

Non-communicable diseases (NCD) are now widely recognized as constituting a majority share of global mortality, accounting for 65% of all deaths. An estimated 43% of all deaths in low-income countries and 75% of deaths in lower-middle-income countries can be attributed to non-communicable conditions. In this context, it has been hypothesized that NCD may no longer be confined to only the most a...

Journal: :Indian Journal of Community Health 2022

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is an emerging public health problem globally. NAFLD one of the most common diseases worldwide and cause abnormal enzymes in many developed countries. estimated to afflict approximately 1 billion individuals worldwide. An 20-30 % general population afflicted from it In India could be a silent epidemic with its prevalence ranging 9-32%. Studies have show...

2014
Antony Stevens Maria Inês Schmidt Bruce B Duncan

Background: The World Health Organization has developed proposals on how efforts to reduce non–communicable diseases (NCD) in low– and middle–income countries may be monitored over time. One of the proposed indicators is the unconditional probability of death between the ages of 30 and 70 from any of the four main groups of non–communicable diseases – cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic res...

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