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Ruth Bonita
Researcher at University of Auckland
Publications - 171
Citations - 16749
Ruth Bonita is an academic researcher from University of Auckland. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Stroke. The author has an hindex of 61, co-authored 169 publications receiving 14970 citations. Previous affiliations of Ruth Bonita include Health Science University & Auckland University of Technology.
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Priority actions for the non-communicable disease crisis
Robert Beaglehole,Ruth Bonita,Richard Horton,Cary Adams,George Alleyne,Perviz Asaria,Vanessa Baugh,Henk Bekedam,Nils Billo,Sally Casswell,Michele Cecchini,Ruth Colagiuri,Stephen Colagiuri,Téa E Collins,Shah Ebrahim,Michael M. Engelgau,Gauden Galea,Thomas A. Gaziano,Robert Geneau,Andy Haines,James Hospedales,Prabhat Jha,Ann Keeling,Stephen R. Leeder,Paul Lincoln,Martin McKee,Judith Mackay,Roger Magnusson,Rob Moodie,Modi Mwatsama,Sania Nishtar,Bo Norrving,David Patterson,Peter Piot,Johanna Ralston,Manju Rani,K. Srinath Reddy,Franco Sassi,Nick Sheron,David Stuckler,Il Suh,Julie Torode,Cherian Varghese,Judith Watt +43 more
TL;DR: The Lancet NCD Action Group and the NCD Alliance propose five overarching priority actions for the response to the crisis and the delivery of five priority interventions--tobacco control, salt reduction, improved diets and physical activity, reduction in hazardous alcohol intake, and essential drugs and technologies.
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Preventing stroke: saving lives around the world
TL;DR: A worldwide goal for stroke is proposed: a 2% reduction each year over and above that which may happen as a result of better case management and treatment, which would result in 6.4 million fewer deaths from stroke from 2005 to 2015.
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Recovery of motor function after stroke.
Ruth Bonita,Robert Beaglehole +1 more
TL;DR: The results confirm the reasonably optimistic outcome for survivors of stroke and suggest that recovery of motor function is confined to patients whose motor deficit at onset is either mild or moderate.
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Stroke incidence and prevalence in Europe: a review of available data
T. Truelsen,Bartłomiej Piechowski-Jóźwiak,Bartłomiej Piechowski-Jóźwiak,Ruth Bonita,C. Mathers,Julien Bogousslavsky,Gudrun Boysen +6 more
TL;DR: Until better and more stroke studies are available, the WHO stroke estimates may provide the best data for understanding the stroke burden in countries where no stroke data currently exists.
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NCD Countdown 2030: worldwide trends in non-communicable disease mortality and progress towards Sustainable Development Goal target 3.4
James E. Bennett,Gretchen A Stevens,Colin Mathers,Ruth Bonita,Jürgen Rehm,Margaret E Kruk,Leanne M. Riley,Katie Dain,Andre P Kengne,Andre P Kengne,Kalipso Chalkidou,Jessica Beagley,Sandeep P. Kishore,Wanqing Chen,Shekhar Saxena,Douglas Bettcher,John Grove,Robert Beaglehole,Majid Ezzati +18 more
TL;DR: The third UN High-Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) on Sept 27, 2018, will review national and global progress towards the prevention and control of NCDs, and provide an opportunity to renew, reinforce, and enhance commitments to reduce their burden.