Effective approaches to non-communicable disease (NCD) prevention require intersectoral action targeting health and engaging government, industry, and society. There is an ongoing vigorous exploration of the most effective and appropriate role of government in intersectoral partnerships. This debate is particularly pronounced with regards to the role of government in controlling unhealthy foods...

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 ...

The Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA) consists of communicable disease authorities from various Australian Government agencies and state and territory health authorities, in addition to expert bodies and individuals in the specifi c areas of communicable disease epidemiology, clinical management, disease control and laboratory diagnosis. The CDNA provides national public health lea...

Read online: Scan this QR code with your smart phone or mobile device to read online. Zambia is classified as a low-income country and has a population of 13.2 million people, of whom 51% reside in rural areas.1 There is a double burden of disease and, whilst the country still grapples with communicable diseases such as HIV and/or AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, there is a growing problem of no...

Background: Amoebic liver abscess (ALA) is a serious extra-intestinal manifestation of amoebiasis and major problem in developing countries. Due to rapid urbanization, improved sanitation hygiene India, there has been shift disease epidemiology towards non-communicable disease, but recent changes epidemiological clinical pattern ALA are not well studied.Â

BACKGROUND Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) provide a summary measure of health and can be a critical input to guide health systems, investments, and priority-setting in Ethiopia. We aimed to determine the leading causes of premature mortality and disability using DALYs and describe the relative burden of disease and injuries in Ethiopia. METHODS We used results from the Global Burden o...