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Chronic non-communicable diseases
Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology, 2006Chronic non-communicable diseases (NCD) account for almost 60% of global mortality, and 80% of deaths from NCD occur in low- and middle-income countries. One quarter of these deaths--almost 9 million in 2005--are in men and women aged
N, Unwin, K G M M, Alberti
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Exploiting non-communicable disease
BMJ, 2012The developed world is ever more cynical about Big Pharma, having suffered decades of marketing spin, drug scandals, and the manipulation of research. So drug companies are now eyeing the developing world, with its huge populations, rapidly increasing wealth, and light touch regulation.
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Non‐communicable diseases in the tropics
Medical Journal of Australia, 1993The way of life in many developing countries in the tropics is in a state of transition--from traditional to "modern", with its associated industrialisation, urbanisation and cultural readjustment. Infectious diseases are giving way to non-communicable diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases, adult onset diabetes, cancers, trauma and non-infectious ...
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Non-Communicable Diseases in the Arab World [PDF]
Lancet, The, 2014 According to the results of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010, the burden of non-communicable diseases (cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic lung diseases, and diabetes) in the Arab world has increased, with variations between countries of ...
Abdullatif Husseini +2 more
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2023
Abstract This chapter, “Non-Communicable Disease,” examines how non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are conceptualized and governed at the global level. In order to combat major non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, and chronic respiratory disease, global health partners must work together to reduce the
Roger Magnusson, Lawrence O Gostin
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Abstract This chapter, “Non-Communicable Disease,” examines how non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are conceptualized and governed at the global level. In order to combat major non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, and chronic respiratory disease, global health partners must work together to reduce the
Roger Magnusson, Lawrence O Gostin
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Epigenetics and Common Non Communicable Disease
2019Common Non communicable diseases (NCDs), such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, schizophrenia, and diabetes, have become the major cause of death in the world. They result from an interaction between genetics, lifestyle and environmental factors. The prevalence of NCDs are increasing, and researchers hopes to find efficient strategies to predict ...
Mohammad Amin, Tabatabaiefar +2 more
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2012
Background: Efforts to promote better health of sickle cell anaemia (SCA) patients in low-income countries through the use of cheap and available alternatives are desirable.Objective: We investigated whether a locally designed incentive spirometry will improve peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR) of teenage SCA patients.Methods: Forty-nine SCA teenagers ...
Adeniyi, AF, Saminu, KS
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Background: Efforts to promote better health of sickle cell anaemia (SCA) patients in low-income countries through the use of cheap and available alternatives are desirable.Objective: We investigated whether a locally designed incentive spirometry will improve peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR) of teenage SCA patients.Methods: Forty-nine SCA teenagers ...
Adeniyi, AF, Saminu, KS
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Chronic non-communicable diseases
British Dental Journal, 2014Iain, Chapple, Nairn, Wilson
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