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Growing Burden of Non-Communicable Diseases in the Emerging Health Markets: The Case of BRICS [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health, 2015
The blooming of incidence and prevalence of “prosperity diseases” among the broad layers of modern day populations is rather novel phenomenon in demographic history of the human race (1). Illnesses such as obesity (2), diabetes mellitus, hypertension, cerebrovascular and cardiovascular consequences of atherosclerosis, renal insufficiency, mental ...
Olivera Milovanovic, Mihajlo Jakovljevic
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Non-communicable Diseases’ Contribution to the COVID-19 Mortality: A Global Warning on the Emerging Syndemics [PDF]

Archives of Iranian Medicine, 2021
*Corresponding Author: Farshad Farzadfar, MD, MPH, MHS, DSc, Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Address: No.
Negar Rezaei, Sina Azadnajafabad, Erfan Ghasemi, Farshad Farzadfar, Sahar Saeedi Moghaddam   +4 more
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Public health in Thailand: Emerging focus on non‐communicable diseases [PDF]

The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 2011
SUMMARYOver the past three decades, the public health landscape in Thailand has shifted remarkably. Currently chronic non‐communicable diseases represent the largest cause of mortality in the Thai population. In light of the current situation, this paper synthesizes what is known about the chronic non‐communicable disease situation in Thailand and ...
Kaufman, Nicholas D., Chasombat, Sanchai, Tanomsingh, Saengchom, Rajataramya, Benjaporn, Potempa, Kathleen   +4 more
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Emerging role of exosomes as a liquid biopsy tool for diagnosis, prognosis & monitoring treatment response of communicable & non-communicable diseases

Indian Journal of Medical Research
Abstract From an initial thought of being used as a cellular garbage bin to a promising target for liquid biopsies, the role of exosomes has drastically evolved in just a few years of their discovery in 1983. Exosomes are naturally secreted nano-sized vesicles, abundant in all types of body fluids and can be isolated intact even from the ...
Yadav, Rajbala, Singh, Ajay Vir, Kushwaha, Shweta, Chauhan, Devendra Singh   +3 more
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Emerging Epidemic of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in South Asia: Opportunities for Prevention [PDF]

Journal of Diabetes & Metabolism, 2016
Chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs), primarily heart disease, stroke, diabetes, cancers, and chronic respiratory diseases have become a major global health burden accounting for 60% of death worldwide. About 80% of these deaths occur in low income countries having a huge negative economic impact in these resource poor countries.
D. Sanghera
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Burden of Non-Communicable Diseases and Emerging Attention in Gandaki Province, Nepal. [PDF]

JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc
Non-communicable diseases have become a major health challenge globally, including in Nepal. Deaths due to non-communicable diseases in Nepal are increasing, accounting more than half of total deaths. Major contributors to deaths due to non-communicable diseases include cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory diseases, cancers, digestive diseases ...
Khadka KB, Paudel D.
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Communicable Diseases and Emerging Pathogens: The Past, Present, and Future of High-Level Containment Care

Bioemergency Planning, 2018
High-level containment care involves the management of patients with highly hazardous communicable diseases in specialized biocontainment units possessing a unique collection of engineering, administrative, and personnel controls. These controls are more stringent than those found in conventional airborne infection isolation rooms and provide ...
Jocelyn J. Herstein, Theodore J. Cieslak, Mark G. Kortepeter   +2 more
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The emerging syndemic of climate change and non-communicable diseases

The Lancet Planetary Health
Hunter, Ruth F, Garcia, Leandro, Dagless, Selina, Haines, Andy, Penney, Tarra, Clifford Astbury, Chloe, Whiting, Stephen, Wickramasinghe, Kremlin, Racioppi, Francesca, Galea, Gauden, Henri P Kluge, Hans   +10 more
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Operational considerations for the management of non-communicable diseases in humanitarian emergencies [PDF]

Conflict and Health, 2021
AbstractNon-communicable diseases (NCD) represent an increasing global challenge with the majority of mortality occurring in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Concurrently, many humanitarian crises occur in these countries and the number of displaced persons, either refugees or internally displaced, has reached the highest level in history ...
Philippa Boulle, François Chappuis, C. Dromer, Heiko Hering, P. Saaristo, S. Aebischer Perone, S. Aebischer Perone, David Beran, David Beran, F. Jacquerioz Bausch   +9 more
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Precision Public Health for Non-communicable Diseases: An Emerging Strategic Roadmap and Multinational Use Cases

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) remain the largest global public health threat. The emerging field of precision public health (PPH) offers a transformative opportunity to capitalize on digital health data to create an agile, responsive and data-driven ...
Oliver J. Canfell, K. Davidson, L. Woods, Clair Sullivan, N. Cocoros, M. Klompas, Bob Zambarano, E. Eakin, R. Littlewood, A. Burton-Jones   +9 more
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