There is evidence that physical inactivity and dietary factors are more common among modifiable risk for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) which on the rise in Malawi. Football has been shown to have a wide range of health-related benefits health education programs, including promotion activity as potential intervention addressing NCDs. In Malawi, few football-based programs implemented address A...

A cross-sectional population-based study was conducted to identify the prevalence of common mental disorders and verify the association with chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and the self-reported number of chronic diseases. The Self-Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ-20) was applied in a multi-stage random sample of 1,276 adults aged 40 and older. Socio-demographic, behavioral, and health-rel...

In this article, we introduce briefly several strategies for preventing atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and promoting healthcare for non-communicable diseases (NCDs). These novel strategies include four core elements of health - sleep, emotion, exercise, and diet - and consist of SEED intervention (SEEDi) and E(e)SEEDi due to supplementation of the environment as a core element, and Hu's...

Abstract We investigated the use of geographic information systems (GIS) to study prevalence non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in association with area deprivation within Tongatapu, largest island Tonga. This is a case determine what possible achieve since various data issues influenced by institutional and organizational barriers exist, affecting integration GIS use. A conversion framework was ...

Copyright: © 2013. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS OpenJournals. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License. Background: Overweight and obesity is an emerging health problem, particularly amongst urban Black women living in areas of high HIV prevalence. Understanding factors affecting this pandemic is essential to enable effective weight loss programmes to be implemented....

BACKGROUND A high burden of tuberculosis (TB) occurs in sub-Saharan African countries and many cases of active TB and drug-resistant TB remain undiagnosed. Tertiary care hospitals provide an opportunity to study TB co-morbidity with non-communicable and other communicable diseases (NCDs/CDs). We evaluated the burden of undiagnosed pulmonary TB and multi-drug resistant TB in adult inpatients, re...

BACKGROUND Although in developing countries the burden of morbidity and mortality due to infectious diseases has often overshadowed that due to chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs), there is evidence now of a shift of attention to NCDs. DISCUSSION Decreasing the chronic NCD burden requires a two-pronged approach: implementation of the multisectoral policies aimed at decreasing population-...

Background Most low- and middle- income countries are facing a rise of the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) alongside the persistent burden of infectious diseases. This narrative review aims to provide an inventory of how the existing policy environment, health system, and communities are addressing the NCDs situation in Tanzania and identify gaps for advancing the NCD research and po...

• Human health is influenced by the exposome – exposure to environmental factors. Earth Observation a powerful tool map this at local national scale. Mapped cumulative impact relevant myocardial infarctions. Using same methodology for other non-communicable diseases, NCDs, feasible. Exposure “high” “very high” 13 % of nation’s built-up areas. Non-communicable diseases NCDs (e.g., asthma, cancer...

OBJECTIVES We hypothesise that rising prevalence rates of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) increase infection risk and worsen outcomes among socially disadvantaged Indigenous Australians undergoing a rapid epidemiological transition. DESIGN Available pathology, imaging and discharge morbidity codes were retrospectively reviewed for a period of 5 years prior to admission with a bloodstream inf...