The General Population Cohort (GPC) was set up in 1989 to examine trends in HIV prevalence and incidence, and their determinants in rural south-western Uganda. Recently, the research questions have included the epidemiology and genetics of communicable and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) to address the limited data on the burden and risk factors for NCDs in sub-Saharan Africa. The cohort compr...

Because of the urbanization, demographic transition and influence of globalization, the lifestyle of people in many of the low and middle income countries (LMIC) is changing; heading to unhealthy dietary habit, physical inactivity and use of cigarette and alcohol. The lifestyle changes on the background of earlier malnutrition, inevitably leads to central obesity. This with the stressful situat...

The hope and the promise of the UN Resolution on non-communicable diseases On May 13, 2010, the United Nations General Assembly passed resolution 265, ‘Prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases’[1], a major political statement calling for Heads of State to address NCDs in a ‘High Level’ plenary meeting scheduled for September 2011. Out of this meeting, and its associated “outcome docum...

Hypertension is one of the risk factors for cardiovascular diseases, which form the bulk of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). Studies done in Nepal have reported a prevalence of hypertension ranging from 18.8% to 41.8%. One study reported a tripling of prevalence from 1981 to 2006 in the same community. Along with hypertension, the prevalence of other cardiovascular risk factors has also increas...

Objectives. 1. To review and discuss available evidence supporting that spirometry is an overlooked global health marker, could be used regularly through the lifespan to monitor human predict risk of chronic respiratory other non-communicable diseases (NCDs). 2. challenges opportunities this proposal faces.Summary key data. First, essential assess health. Second, adds prognostic value well-acce...

Although the traditional biosecurity paradigm is concerned with the deliberate misuse of biological agents, in recent years national security strategies have widened in scope to address a much wider spectrum of biological threats. This expanding remit, partly spurred by the high-profile epidemics of the early 2000s, still does not include conditions that have been traditionally conceived as non...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: tmax: Time to Reach the Maximum Concentration; Cmax: Maximum Plasma Concentration; t1/2: Half-Life; AUC0-24: Area Under the Plasma Time Curve Up to Last Quantifiable Time; AUC0∞: Area Under the Plasma Time Curve Up to Time Infinity; kel: Elimination Rate Constant; NCDs: Non-Communicable Diseases; DGDA: Directorate General of Drug Admi...

With non-communicable diseases (NCDs) projected to become leading causes of morbidity and mortality in developing countries, research is needed to improve the primary care response, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. This region has a particularly high double burden of communicable diseases and NCDs and the least resources for an effective response. There is a lack of good quality epidemiologica...

the advancement in the healthcare systems, stringent interventions for infectious diseases and improved diet has significantly shifted the patterns of morbidities, and consequently hereditary and congenital anomalies (ca) and non-communicable diseases (ncds) have emerged as the most common causes of morbidity and mortality. in pakistan, there is no systematic health surveillance system to asses...

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are a global health and developmental emergency, as they cause premature deaths,exacerbate poverty and threaten national economies. In 2008, they were the top killers in the South-East Asia region, causing 7.9 million deaths; the number of deaths is expected to increase by 21% over the next decade. One-third of the 7.9 million deaths (34%) occurred in those <60 ...