نتایج جستجو برای: non communicable diseases

تعداد نتایج: 2038591  

It is a well-documented fact that transnational corporations engaged in the production and distribution of health-harmful commodities have been able to steer policy approaches to address the associated burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). While the political influence that corporations wield stems in part from significant financial resources, it has also been ena...

2009
Bongani M Mayosi Alan J Flisher Umesh G Lalloo Freddy Sitas Stephen M Tollman Debbie Bradshaw

15 years after its fi rst democratic election, South Africa is in the midst of a profound health transition that is characterised by a quadruple burden of communicable, non-communicable, perinatal and maternal, and injury-related disorders. Non-communicable diseases are emerging in both rural and urban areas, most prominently in poor people living in urban settings, and are resulting in increas...

Journal: :journal of medical bacteriology 0
catherine zatorski emergency medicine, microbiology, and epidemiology, the george washington university, united states. larissa may emergency medicine, microbiology, and epidemiology, the george washington university, united states.

despite  impressive  advancements  in  diagnostic  and  treatment technologies,  infectious  diseases  still  cause  a  significant  amount  of mortality and morbidity throughout the world due to the unpredictable and inevitable  rise  of  new  or  previously  dormant  pathogens.  emerging infectious disease (eid) outbreaks are mainly associated with changes in physical environment and human be...

2012
R Prakash Upadhyay

Non-communicable disease continues to be an important public health problem in India, being responsible for a major proportion of mortality and morbidity. Demographic changes, changes in the lifestyle along with increased rates of urbanization are the major reasons responsible for the tilt towards the non-communicable diseases. In India, there is no regular system for collecting data on non-com...

Introduction: The elderly represent a significant proportion of the populace and their mortality index is of public health significance. With dearth of vital registration, in-hospital based studies remains a desirable alternative. This study hopes to determine the epidemiologic pattern of elderly mortality with respect to sex, age, date and cause of death.  Methods: This is descriptive retrosp...

ابوالحسنی, فرید, جعفری, ناهید, شعاعی, شروان, طهرانی بنی هاشمی, آرش, عشرتی, بابک, مرادی لاکه, مازیار, مهدوی هزاوه, نیلوفر, نقوی, محسن, پورملک, فرشاد, کاظمینی, حسین,

Background & Objective: Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALY) summarizes the fatal and nonfatal outcomes of diseases and injuries in one number and gives a quantitative assessment of the health of a population. Estimating the burden of diseases and injuries in Iran in terms of DALY both nationwide and in 6 provinces. Methods: We used slightly modified versions of the methods developed by the...

Journal: :BMC Public Health 2009
Luis Huicho Miguel Trelles Fernando Gonzales Walter Mendoza Jaime Miranda

BACKGROUND Sub-national analyses of causes of death and time-trends help to define public health policy priorities. They are particularly important in countries undergoing epidemiological transition like Peru. There are no studies exploring Peruvian national and regional characteristics of such epidemiological transition. We aimed to describe Peru's national and regional mortality profiles betw...

ژورنال: مجله علمی پژوهان 2014
آهنگران, نسترن , خزایی, سلمان , خزایی, سمیه , سهیلی زاد, مختار , غلامعلیئی, بهزاد ,

Background and objectives: YPLL index is important in prioritizing health interventions. This index gives more weight to death of the younger people. Using this index one can calculate major causes of premature death and compare them with other societies. This study is aimed at determining the main causes of premature deaths in Toyserkan. Methods: The study population based on the 2011 mo...

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