Key points • The global burden of and threat from noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) constitute a major public health challenge that undermines social and economic development throughout the world. Prisoners are at greater risk for such diseases. • Most information on NCDs in prisoners comes from high-income countries despite the fact that globally, 80% of these deaths from these diseases are in l...

Objective. The objective was to evaluate the capacity of primary care (PC) facilities to implement basic interventions for prevention and management of major noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), including cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. Methods. A cross-sectional survey was done in eight low- and middle-income countries (Benin, Bhutan, Eritrea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, and Vietnam) ...

The High Level Meeting of the 66th Session of the United Nations General Assembly was held in September 2011. The Political Declaration issued at the meeting focused the attention of world leaders and the global health community on the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). The four major NCDs (cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases) and t...

Noncommunicable diseases are a major healthcare problem in Nepal and their burden is increasingevery year. Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) bring additional challenges to the Nepalese healthcaresystem which is already experiencing infrastructure shortages, poor service delivery, inadequate essential medicines coverage and shortages of healthcare workers. The Nepal government provides a limited n...

The United Nations high-level meeting on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in September 2011 was an important milestone in global health. Discussions were dominated by the relative prioritization of prevention versus treatment for NCDs [1]. Wealthy states are cautious about promising a long-term commitment to NCD care in developing nations because of the costs of interventions and uncertainty abo...

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are increasingly getting attention from different forums, including media outlets, health agencies, and the public and private sectors. Progress is being made in addressing NCDs, though more slowly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) as compared with high-income settings. Here, we offer an analysis of the challenges faced in LMICs. We discuss realistic st...

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading health problem globally and generate high numbers of premature deaths and loss of quality of life. The aim here was to describe the major groups of causes of death due to NCDs and the ranking of the leading causes of premature death between 1990 and 2015, according to the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2015 study estimates f...

encouraging “whole-of-society” efforts, strengthening national policies, reducing risk factors, increasing international cooperation and improving research and monitoring lie at the core of a draft United Nations (UN) plan to prevent and control noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). The draft “outcome document” will be the basis for the high-level UN summit on noncommunicable diseases to be held in ...

Mortality due to various kinds of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) has become an increasing focus of attention in recent years. With rapidly increasing globalization, lifestyles in lowand middle-income countries increasingly include high-fat diets and inadequate physical exercises are resulting in an increased worldwide burden of NCDs. A study by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) showe...

Introduction: Of all human deaths in the world, in 2008, 63 percent are owing to noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) of which 80 percent are in developing countries. In Jamaica for 2008, 50 percent of deaths occur to NCDs, especially among women and older people. The adolescence period is rarely seen for it contributory role to NCDs, which is the rationale for few research in the area among this co...