Non-communicable disease prevention in Nepal: systemic challenges and future directions

Adolescent Depression Prevention Growing Up: Challenges and Future Directions

State of non-communicable diseases in Nepal

BACKGROUND The prevalence of Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs) is still unknown in Nepal. The Ministry of Health and Population, Government of Nepal has not yet formulated policy regarding NCDs in the absence of evidence based finding. The study aims to find out the hospital based prevalence of NCDs in Nepal, thus directing the concerned authorities at policy level. METHODS A cross sectional s...

urban mental health in iran: challenges and future directions

in a period of less than five decades, the urban residence has dramatically increased in iran. currently more than two thirds of the population live in city dwellings. this rapid urbanization has considerable impact on people’s mental health and psychiatric care. the main strategy of iran's national program of mental health has been the integration of mental health into the primary health ...

Prevention and management of non-communicable disease: the IOC consensus

disease: the IOC consensus statement, Lausanne 2013 Gordon O Matheson, Martin Klügl, Lars Engebretsen, Fredrik Bendiksen, Steven N Blair, Mats Börjesson, Richard Budgett, Wayne Derman, Uğur Erdener, John P A Ioannidis, Karim M Khan, Rodrigo Martinez, Willem Van Mechelen, Margo Mountjoy, Robert E Sallis, Martin Schwellnus, Rebecca Shultz, Torbjørn Soligard, Kathrin Steffen, Carl Johan Sundberg, ...

Ghana's burden of chronic non-communicable diseases: future directions in research, practice and policy.

The prevalence of major chronic non-communicable diseases and their risk factors has increased over time and contributes significantly to the Ghana's disease burden. Conditions like hypertension, stroke and diabetes affect young and old, urban and rural, and wealthy and poor communities. The high cost of care drives the poor further into poverty. Lay awareness and knowledge are limited, health ...