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Knowledge and History of Non Communicable Diseases Among Housewives in the Year 2013 Ogan Ilir-south Sumatera-Indonesia [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Indonesia as a developing country experiencing epidemiologic transition in which communicable diseases are still main concern in Indonesia, while non-communicable diseases (degenerative) is starting to increase and to be major cause of death.
Mutahar, R. (Rini), Najmah, N. (Najmah), Yeni, Y. (Yeni)   +2 more
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Research needs for an improved primary care response to chronic non-communicable diseases in Africa. [PDF]

, 2010
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.
Abegunde, Adeyi, Anonymous, Bach, Beaglehole, Chan, Coovadia, Council for International Organisations of Medical Sciences, Craig, Daar, Harries, Harries, Kumwenda, Maher, Maher, Maher, Ministry of Health of Government of Uganda, Ministry of Health of Government of Uganda, Ooms, Sanders, Setel, Sewankambo, Suhrcke, Tollman, United Kingdom Department for International Development, WHO, WHO, WHO, Wilkinson, World Diabetes Foundation   +29 more
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Vaccines against non-communicable diseases

Current Opinion in Immunology, 2010
Chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are increasingly recognized as the major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Effective, affordable and broadly accessible medicines for their treatment are much sought after. Therapeutic B-cell vaccines aim at inducing neutralizing auto-reactive antibodies against important mediators of such diseases ...
Röhn, T, Bachmann, M
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Non-Communicable Diseases: The Invisible Epidemic

Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2022
Historically, communicable diseases, such as HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, malaria, poliomyelitis, tuberculosis, influenza and, more recently, the coronavirus disease 2019, have been at the center of global health concerns and initiatives, as they are transmitted from one person to another with a variety of ways, easily spread across national borders, and
Daniele Piovani, Georgios K. Nikolopoulos, Stefanos Bonovas   +2 more
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A comparison of DALYs for periodontal disease in China between 1990 and 2013: insights from the 2013 global burden of disease study

BMC Oral Health, 2017
Background China has undergone a rapid demographic and epidemiological transition with fast ecomonic development since the 1980s. Oral health is becoming a major public health problem as the prevalence of non-communicable diseases has greatly increased ...
Qi Zhang, Zhixin Li, Chunxiao Wang, Yunning Liu, Yang Yang, Scottie Bussell, Maigeng Zhou, Linhong Wang   +7 more
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Vaccination coverage with the pneumococcal and influenza vaccine among persons with chronic diseases in Shanghai, China, 2017

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Adults with chronic conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, or lung disease are more likely to develop complications from a number of vaccine-preventable diseases, including influenza and pneumonia.
Yuheng Wang, Minna Cheng, Siyuan Wang, Fei Wu, Qinghua Yan, Qinping Yang, Yanyun Li, Xiang Guo, Chen Fu, Yan Shi, Abram L. Wagner, Matthew L. Boulton   +11 more
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Non-Communicable Disease Prevention : final prospectus report [PDF]

, 2015
This report describes the Non-Communicable Disease Prevention (NCDP) program for the purpose of the External Program Review (prospectus period 2011-2016). It provides an overview of the program strategies and implementation, presents examples of progress
IDRC. Non-Communicable Disease Prevention Program
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Health in the sustainable development goals: ready for a paradigm shift? [PDF]

, 2015
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) galvanized attention, resources and accountability on a small number of health concerns of low- and middle-income countries with unprecedented results.
Buse, K, Hawkes, S
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Screening for non-communicable diseases

International Journal of Reproduction, Contraception, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2020
Background: This study was conducted to enumerate the results of screening for non-communicable diseases in the NCD clinic over a period of one year in a tertiary health centre.Methods: The results from screening tests conducted in the NCD clinic, for detecting hypertension, diabetes mellitus, breast cancer and cervical cancer, in Government tertiary ...
D. M. Christe, K. Tharangini, S. Vijaya
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Newly estimated disability weights for 196 health states in Hubei Province, China

Population Health Metrics
Background The disability weight (DW) reflects the severity of non-fatal outcomes and is an important parameter in calculating the burden of disease. However, the universality of the global, national, or subnational DWs remains controversial.
Mengge Zhou, Lan Zhang, Tianjing He, Shuzhen Zhu, Yumeng Tang, Qian Li, Miaoyan Shen, Jingju Pan   +7 more
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