Non-communicable diseases--neglected diseases in global health work?

China’s biggest, most neglected health challenge: Non-communicable diseases

BACKGROUND Over the past two decades, international health policies focusing on the fight against the human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS), tuberculosis (TB), malaria, and those diseases that address maternal and child health problems, among others, have skewed disease control priorities in China and other Asian countries. Although these are important healt...

Non-Communicable Diseases in the Global Health Agenda

For a long time non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have been a major cause of death and disability worldwide. However, the profile of this health challenge is changing: Having dominated the epidemiologic contour of high-income countries in the 20th century, it is now increasingly affecting the developing regions of our planet. Unless we start implementing measures to reduce the burden of NCDs in ...

Intersection 2: non-communicable diseases and global health equity.

Global Non-Communicable Diseases—The Nutrition Conundrum

Poor diets reduce our productivity and increase premature morbidity and mortality (1). Recent estimates suggest that ~45% of cardio-metabolic deaths in 2012 (318,000/702,000) were “associated with” top 10 dietary factors: fruits, vegetables, nuts/seeds, whole grains, unprocessed red meats, processed meats, sugar-sweetened beverages, polyunsaturated fats, seafood omega-3 fats, and sodium (2). Mo...

Combating non-communicable diseases.

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