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 Examining the non-communicable disease (NCD) profile for South Africa (SA) is crucial when developing health interventions that aim to reduce the burden of NCDs. OBJECTIVE To review NCD indicators in national data sources in order to describe the burden of NCDs in SA, using hypertension as an example. METHODS Age, gender, district of death and underlying cause of death data were ...

Young individuals (below 35 years) comprise an estimated 60% of the global population. Not only are these individuals currently experiencing chronic, non-communicable diseases (NCDs), either living with or at risk for these conditions, but will also experience the long-term repercussions of the current NCD policy implementations. It is thus imperative that they meaningfully contribute to the gl...

HIV infection, a communicable disease, and noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are among the major health concerns worldwide. An estimated 33 million people live with HIV, two-thirds of them in sub-Saharan Africa, where threefourths of all AIDS-related deaths occur (1). Illness and death from NCDs exceed these numbers. In 2008, the last year for which figures are available, 36 million deaths were a...

BACKGROUND Mobile health (mHealth) approaches for non-communicable disease (NCD) care seem particularly applicable to sub-Saharan Africa given the penetration of mobile phones in the region. The evidence to support its implementation has not been critically reviewed. METHODS We systematically searched PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Cochrane Central Register of Clinical Trials, a number of ot...

OBJECTIVE To assess knowledge of dietary and behaviour-related determinants of non-communicable disease (NCD) of urban Senegalese women. DESIGN A cross-sectional, population study using an interviewer-administered knowledge questionnaire, developed and validated for this study. The questionnaire consisted of 24 items with six scores measuring knowledge of: (1) diet- and behaviour-related caus...

Double burden of diseases in low– and middle–income countries (LMICs) is well recognised. However, proper understanding of the need for a joint intervention against both infectious diseases and non–communicable diseases (NCD) has arisen only recently [1]. In 2008, the proportion of premature deaths due to NCD in population under 60 years of age in low–income countries was 41%, in lower middle-i...

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...

Given the complexity of global health crises such as COVID-19 pandemic, it is typical for crisis-focused interventions to have a multiplicity impacts. Some these impacts may yield positive or negative externalities priorities that do not same perceived urgency. The interplay between prevention (a high priority, urgency issue) and non-communicable disease (NCD) low provides good case in point. B...

Non-communicable Diseases (NCD) principally includes four common diseases, viz. diabetes, cardiovascular diseases (CVD), cancers and chronic respiratory diseases, which caused 63% of global deaths in 2008.1 CVD alone accounts for nearly 30% of all deaths worldwide and 27% in low-income and middle-income countries. About 366 million people were reported to have diabetes in 2011 worldwide.2 In lo...