Global Environmental Change and Noncommunicable Disease Risks

Global Environmental Risks

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Global Environmental Change and Tick-borne Disease Incidence

Towards preventing noncommunicable diseases: The New WHO Global Noncommunicable Disease Network.

This was a main motive for the creation of the Global Noncommunicable Disease Network (NCDnet) in July 2009, which offers a collaboration platform for the WHO, its member states, and other international partners committed to the fight against NCDs. In this important task, the Director-General Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health will be advised by representatives from the WHO Regional Off...

Global Environmental Change and Human Health.

Impact of fetal and neonatal malnutrition on the onset of puberty and associated noncommunicable disease risks

BACKGROUND Fetal and neonatal malnutrition impacts the timing of the onset of puberty. The timing of puberty onset has been shown to be a rough indicator of noncommunicable disease (NCD) risk. Recent advances in understanding the various inter-related neurochemical and genetic controls underpinning puberty onset have shed new light on these interesting and important phenomena. These studies hav...