Suboptimal health: a potential preventive instrument for non-communicable disease control and management

Indoor Air Quality and Severity of COVID-19: Where Communicable and Non-communicable Preventive Measures Meet

Non-Communicable Disease Preventive Screening by HIV Care Model

IMPORTANCE The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) epidemic has evolved, with an increasing non-communicable disease (NCD) burden emerging and need for long-term management, yet there are limited data to help delineate the optimal care model to screen for NCDs for this patient population. OBJECTIVE The primary aim was to compare rates of NCD preventive screening in persons living with HIV/AIDS...

Primary Health Care: a strategic framework for the prevention and control of chronic non-communicable disease

In 2014, chronic, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) represent the leading causes of global mortality and disability. Government-level concern, and resulting policy changes, are manifesting. However, there continues to be a paucity of guiding frameworks for legislative measures. The surge of NCDs will require strong and effective governance responses, particularly in low and middle-income countri...

Communicable disease control as a Caribbean public health priority.

The English-speaking Caribbean is in transition toward communicable disease health patterns seen in the more developed world. Structural adjustment policies in recent years have weakened control measures, such as water supply and sanitation, as illustrated by recent outbreaks of typhoid fever in Jamaica (1990-1991), increased malaria incidence in Suriname and Guyana (with temporary importation ...

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, ...