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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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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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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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Adolescent non-communicable diseases
2018Four non-communicable diseases (NCDs): cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, and chronic respiratory conditions, are responsible for 63% of deaths worldwide. Most of these deaths (86%) occur in low and middle-income countries, where the highest proportion of adolescents live.
Jacqueline Pitchforth, Dougal Hargreaves
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Chronic non-communicable diseases
2019With approximately 80% of non-communicable disease (NCD) mortality occurring in low- and middle-income countries, and a prevalence expected to continue trending upwards, this chapter lays out the essential information on the burden of NCDs and their importance in humanitarian settings.
Philippa Boulle, Tammam Aloudat
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Chronic non-communicable diseases
British Dental Journal, 2014Iain, Chapple, Nairn, Wilson
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