Scorecard for NCDs

Independent global accountability for NCDs.

Value chain interventions and NCDs

insight into the impact of agriculture on the advance of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in lowand middleincome countries (LMICs). The linked demographic and dietary transitions, away from rural areas and traditional foods and towards urban centres and more processed and energy-dense foods, are seen to precipitate rises in NCDs such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease. But the complex polit...

Equity, social determinants and NCDs

Noncommunicable diseases have potentially serious socioeconomic consequences, through increasing individual and household impoverishment and hindering social and economic development. This chapter examines the relationship between NCDs and socioeconomic conditions. It demonstrates that the distribution and impact of NCDs and their risk factors is highly inequitable and imposes a disproportionat...

State model for partly undetected non-communicable diseases (NCDs)

This article proposes an age-structured compartment model for irreversible diseases with a pre-clinical state of undiagnosed cases that precedes the diagnosis. The model is able to cope with mortality rates differing between the pre-clinical and the clinical state (differential mortality). Applicability is tested in a hypothetical disease with realistic incidence and mortality rates.

The private sector, international development and NCDs

This article addresses an area that has been largely underserved by the development community, and one in which there is a particularly good opportunity for the private sector to take a lead in making a difference to employees, customers and local communities: chronic, non-communicable diseases (NCDs). It highlights the extent of the epidemic of NCDs in developing countries, sets out the 'busin...