Non-communicable disease (NCD, hereinafter referred as chronic disease) accounts for 80% of total mortality from various causes in China, and has become a persistent global challenge. However, while there is a need to increase investment of resources for chronic disease prevention and control, the greater need is for a complete overhaul of the undeveloped traditional medical service system, to ...

D health education and extensive advances in drug development, hypertension has become a global burden and has reached epidemic proportions. Hypertension is a silent and invisible killer accounting for significant mortality and morbidity universally. As per the World Health Statistics 2012, of the estimated 57 million global deaths in 2008, 63% were due to non communicable disease (NCD). The la...

Background: Diabetes Mellitus is a chronic metabolic and non-communicable disease characterized by high blood glucose levels has multiple aetiologies. According to the IDF Atlas recent edition, Global prevalence of diabetes was 9.3% currently, India holds second position globally with 77 million adults living in 2030 it expected cross 101 million. This due interaction factors leading significan...

Introduction: NCDs are one of the major challenges for public health in 21st century, not only terms human suffering but also harm to socio-economic development country. As elderly population is likely increase future, and there a definite shift disease pattern i.e., from communicable non-communicable, it high time that care system gears itself growing needs an optimal comprehensive manner. To ...

BACKGROUND Targeted global efforts to improve survival of young adults need information on mortality trends; contributions from health and demographic surveillance system (HDSS) are required. METHODS AND FINDINGS This study aimed to explore changing trends in deaths among adolescents (15-19 years) and young adults (20-24 years), using census and verbal autopsy data in rural western Kenya usin...

Low-income communities will within the next decades undergo rapid changes. The burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), such as diabetes, cardio-vascular disease and cancer, will comprise an increasing proportion of the total disease burden. The results of projections indicate that the already constrained health systems will face a double burden of disease, in which HIV/AIDS and other common...

BACKGROUND Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) place enormous burdens on individuals and health systems. While there has been significant global progress to guide the development of national NCD monitoring programs, many countries still struggle to adequately establish critical information systems to prioritise NCD control approaches. DISCUSSION In this paper, we use the recent experience of the...

Described as the 'invisible epidemic', non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the world's leading cause of death. Most are caused by preventable factors, including poor diet, tobacco use, harmful use of alcohol and physical inactivity. Diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular and chronic lung diseases were responsible for 38 million (68%) of global deaths in 2012. Since 1990, proportionate NCD mortali...

The documentation of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in medical records of patients with type 2 diabetes attending non communicable disease (NCD) clinics at West Bay Health Center in Qatar is less than ideal. Poor documentation of CVD will lead to poor preventive and management plans, with negative consequences for patients. Our aim is to improve this documentation of cardiovascular disease risk f...