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Ten years of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: progress in the Americas

Salud Pública de México, 2017
The objective of this article is to analyze the progress made in the Americas in the implementation of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) after its tenth anniversary of entry into force.
Adriana Blanco, Rosa Carolina Sandoval, Leticia Martínez-López, Roberta de Betânia Caixeta   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The need to improve implementation and use of lifestyle surveillance systems for planning prevention activities: an analysis of the Italian Regions [PDF]

, 2016
Objectives: To describe the level of use of lifestyle surveillance systems in Italy and to identify predictors of their use by the Italian Regions for planning and monitoring purposes.
D'Andrea, Elvira, DE VITO, Corrado, Marzuillo, Carolina, Massimi, Azzurra, Rosso, Annalisa, Unim, BRIGID ANDOUNIMYE, Villari, Paolo   +6 more
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Chronic diseases: the emerging pandemic. [PDF]

, 2011
According to the 2011 World Health Organization Global Status Report, of the 57 million annual global deaths – a staggering 36 million or over 63% are due to chronic diseases.1 Four noncommunicable diseases - namely cardiovascular, cancer, diabetes, and ...
Terzic, Andre, Waldman, Scott A.
core   +2 more sources

Corruption and its relation to prevalence and death due to noncommunicable diseases and risk factors: a global perspective

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2022
Objective. To describe the relation between corruption indicators and statistics on noncommunicable diseases and their risk factors by continent. Methods.
Felipe Botero-Rodríguez, Camila Pantoja-Ruiz, Diego Rosselli   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Limited Contribution of Health Behaviours to Expanding Income-Related Chronic Disease Disparities Based on a Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study in China [PDF]

, 2018
This study estimated the association of income and prevalence of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and hypertension, and then quantified the contribution of health behaviors to the association in China.
Frakes, Kaitlyn, Shen, Jay J,, Wang, Qing   +2 more
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The Role of Noncommunicable Diseases in the Pursuit of Global Health Security

Health Security, 2021
Noncommunicable diseases and their risk factors are important for all aspects of outbreak preparedness and response, affecting a range of factors including host susceptibility, pathogen virulence, and health system capacity.
Deliana Kostova, P. Richter, G. Van Vliet, Michael Mahar, R. Moolenaar   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The therapeutic armamentarium in migraine is quite elderly. [PDF]

, 2014
Global Burden of Disease 2010 study considers migraine as one of the most important noncommunicable diseases in the world, classifying it third in terms of global prevalence (14.70%): it sums up the 54.19% of all the years of life lived with disabilities
Martelletti, Paolo
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Essential lipid autacoids rewire mitochondrial energy efficiency in metabolic dysfunction‐associated fatty liver disease

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Increased liver content of DHA‐derived small lipid autacoids (i.e resolvin D1 and maresin 1) associates with enhanced mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation, fatty acid β‐oxidation and bioenergetic metabolic flux. These features provide hepatic protection from steatotic, pro‐inflammatory and fibrogenic insults.
Cristina López‐Vicario, David Sebastián, Mireia Casulleras, Marta Duran‐Güell, Roger Flores‐Costa, Ferran Aguilar, Juan José Lozano, Ingrid W. Zhang, Esther Titos, Jing X. Kang, Antonio Zorzano, Makoto Arita, Joan Clària   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

A cohort study protocol to analyze the predisposing factors to common chronic non-communicable diseases in rural areas: Fasa Cohort Study

BMC Public Health, 2016
Background Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have become the main causes of morbidity and mortality even in rural areas of many developing countries, including Iran.
Mojtaba Farjam, Hossein Bahrami, Ehsan Bahramali, Javad Jamshidi, Alireza Askari, Habibollah Zakeri, Reza Homayounfar, Hossein Poustchi, Reza Malekzadeh   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Demographic and environmental factors associated with disability in India, Laos, and Tajikistan: a population-based cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background The number of people experiencing functional limitations due to health conditions (capacity) is expected to increase in low and middle-income countries as populations age and rates of non-communicable disease rise.
Michael Zhu Chen, Lindsay Lee, Carolina Fellinghauer, Alarcos Cieza, Somnath Chatterji   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source