Global Status Report on Noncommunicable Diseases 2014

Global Status Report on Noncommunicable Diseases 2014

Author: World Health Organization

Publisher:

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789241564854

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This global status report on prevention and control of NCDs (2014), is framed around the nine voluntary global targets. The report provides data on the current situation, identifying bottlenecks as well as opportunities and priority actions for attaining the targets. The 2010 baseline estimates on NCD mortality and risk factors are provided so that countries can report on progress, starting in 2015. In addition, the report also provides the latest available estimates on NCD mortality (2012) and risk factors, 2010-2012. All ministries of health need to set national NCD targets and lead the development and implementation of policies and interventions to attain them. There is no single pathway to attain NCD targets that fits all countries, as they are at different points in their progress in the prevention and control of NCDs and at different levels of socioeconomic development. However all countries can benefit from the comprehensive response to attaining the voluntary global targets presented in this report.--Publisher description.


Noncommunicable Diseases Country Profiles 2011

Noncommunicable Diseases Country Profiles 2011

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 207

ISBN-13: 9789241502283

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This report provides information required by countries to assess their situation in face of the growing threat posed by noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). The data included add to the WHO Global status report on noncommunicable diseases 2010. They are presented in this report as country-specific pages. The WHO Global status report on noncommunicable diseases 2010 (GSR 2010) showed that NCDs are the biggest cause of death worldwide. More than 36 million people died from NCDs in 2008, mainly cardiovascular diseases (48%), cancers (21%), chronic respiratory diseases (12%) and diabetes (3%). More than 9 million of these deaths occurred before the age of 60 and could have largely been prevented. Premature deaths from NCDs range from 22% among men and 35% among women in low-income countries to 8% among men and 10% among women in high-income countries. The GSR 2010 provides a baseline for future monitoring of NCD-related trends and for assessing the progress that countries are making to address cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancers and chronic lung disease. It also provides a framework to monitor NCDs, focusing on exposures (risk factors), outcomes (morbidity and mortality) and health system capacity and response. This report adopts the same approach and areas of focus. It provides for the first time for each Member State estimates on the burden of NCD mortality, prevalence and trends of selected major behavioural and metabolic risk factors and the country's capacity to respond to the NCD crisis. Data in this report are drawn from multiple sources including data provided by countries, estimates developed by WHO and the results of the global survey on assessment of national capacity for the prevention and control of NCDs which was conducted in 2009/2010.


Oxford Textbook of Global Public Health

Oxford Textbook of Global Public Health

Author: Roger Detels

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 1717

ISBN-13: 019881013X

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Sixth edition of the hugely successful, internationally recognised textbook on global public health and epidemiology, with 3 volumes comprehensively covering the scope, methods, and practice of the discipline


Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases

Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases

Author: World Health Organization

Publisher:

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 9789241548397

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"These guidelines provide recommendations on the diagnosis and management of type 2 diabetes and the management of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in primary health care in low-resource settings."--Publisher description.


Noncommunicable Diseases in the Developing World

Noncommunicable Diseases in the Developing World

Author: Louis Galambos

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13: 1421412926

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Presents a pragmatic agenda for achieving effective and sustainable global action on noncommunicable diseases in lower- and middle-income countries. Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs)—including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, asthma and other chronic respiratory conditions, and cancers—are the leading causes of death worldwide. An estimated 36 million people die from such diseases each year; this represents roughly two out of three deaths globally. Eighty percent of these fatalities occur in developing countries. The statistics are staggering, yet millions of these deaths are preventable. This is an urgent global health issue that demands analysis of gaps in NCD research, new policies and practices, and actionable recommendations to close the gaps. The Johns Hopkins Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise convened an NCD Working Group of leading scholars to examine a wide range of issues that both the private and public sectors must address to make sustainable progress in NCD prevention and treatment in lower- and middle-income countries. Collected in this volume are essays on five key areas where strengthened policies and health systems can have the most impact in the near future. • Accelerating regulatory harmonization • Structuring supply chains • Improving access to interventions • Restructuring primary care • Promoting multisectoral and intersectoral action While there is a growing literature on the problem of NCDs, none of the available studies provides background on the range of challenges matched with specific steps that can be taken by the public sector, private sector, and civil society working together. Noncommunicable Diseases in the Developing World presents a framework for understanding the salience of specific policy recommendations and detailed steps that can be taken now to move forward in the global campaign against NCDs. This book will be of interest to practitioners, scholars, and students in public health as well as those framing and implementing health policies in the private and public sectors.


Caring For People With Chronic Conditions: A Health System Perspective

Caring For People With Chronic Conditions: A Health System Perspective

Author: Nolte, Ellen

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)

Published: 2008-09-01

Total Pages: 283

ISBN-13: 0335233708

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This text systematically examines some of the key issues involved in the care of those with chronic diseases. It synthesises the evidence on what we know works (or does not) in different circumstances. From an international perspective, it addresses the prerequisites for effective policies and management of chronic disease.


Public Health in Developing Countries

Public Health in Developing Countries

Author: Edlyne Eze Anugwom

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2020-09-09

Total Pages: 275

ISBN-13: 1789858739

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Public health entails the use of models, technologies, experience and evidence derived through consumer participation, translational research and population sciences to protect and improve the health of the population. Enhancing public health is of significant importance to the development of a nation, particularly for developing countries where the health care system is underdeveloped, fragile or vulnerable.This book examines progress and challenges with regards to public health in developing countries in two parts: Part 1 “General and Crosscutting Issues in Public Health and Case Studies” and Part 2 “Country-Specific Issues in Public Health.” For example, assuring equity for marginalized indigenous groups and other key populations entails the application of transdisciplinary interventions including legislation, advocacy, financing, empowerment and de-stigmatization. The diverse structural, political, economic, technological, geographical and social landscape of developing countries translates to unique public health challenges, infrastructure and implementation trajectories in addressing issues such as vector-borne diseases and intimate partner violence.This volume will be of interest to researchers, health ministry policy makers, public health professionals and non-governmental organizations whose work entails collaborations with public health systems of developing nations and regions.


The Global Burden of Disease

The Global Burden of Disease

Author: Colin Mathers

Publisher: World Health Organization

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13: 9241563710

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The global burden of disease: 2004 update is a comprehensive assessment of the health of the world's population. It provides detailed global and regional estimates of premature mortality, disability and loss of health for 135 causes by age and sex, drawing on extensive WHO databases and on information provided by Member States.--Publisher description.


Global Report on Diabetes

Global Report on Diabetes

Author: Gojka Roglic

Publisher:

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789241565257

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"On the occasion of World Health Day 2016, WHO issues a call for action on diabetes, drawing attention to the need to step up prevention and treatment of the disease. The first WHO Global report on diabetes demonstrates that the number of adults living with diabetes has almost quadrupled since 1980 to 422 million adults. This dramatic rise is largely due to the rise in type 2 diabetes and factors driving it include overweight and obesity. In 2012 alone diabetes caused 1.5 million deaths. Its complications can lead to heart attack, stroke, blindness, kidney failure and lower limb amputation. The new report calls upon governments to ensure that people are able to make healthy choices and that health systems are able to diagnose, treat and care for people with diabetes. It encourages us all as individuals to eat healthily, be physically active, and avoid excessive weight gain."--Publisher's description.