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What are the priorities for prevention and control of non-communicable diseases and injuries in sub-Saharan Africa and South East Asia?
Dan Chisholm,Rob Baltussen,David B. Evans,Gary M. Ginsberg,Jeremy A. Lauer,Stephen S Lim,Mónica Ortegón,Joshua A. Salomon,Anderson Stanciole,T. Tan-Torres Edejer +9 more
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With resources tight, D Chisholm and colleagues examine which interventions should be given priority for action and investment in the response to the escalating global burden of non-communicable diseases.Abstract:
Last year’s UN high level meeting sought to galvanise the international community into scaling up its response to the escalating global burden of non-communicable diseases. With resources tight, D Chisholm and colleagues examine which interventions should be given priority for action and investmentread more
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Action to address the household economic burden of non-communicable diseases
Stephen Jan,Stephen Jan,Tracey-Lea Laba,Tracey-Lea Laba,Beverley M Essue,Beverley M Essue,Adrian Gheorghe,Janani Muhunthan,Janani Muhunthan,Michael M. Engelgau,Ajay Mahal,Ulla K. Griffiths,Diane McIntyre,Qingyue Meng,Rachel Nugent,Rifat Atun +15 more
TL;DR: To enable coverage of the predictable and long-term costs of treatment, national programmes to extend financial protection should be based on schemes that entail compulsory enrolment or be financed through taxation.
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Taxes on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages to Reduce Overweight and Obesity in Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review.
Sharon S. Nakhimovsky,Andrea B. Feigl,Carlos Avila,Gael O’Sullivan,Elizabeth Macgregor-Skinner,Mark Spranca +5 more
TL;DR: The review indicates that taxing SSBs will increase the prices of SSBs, especially sugary soda, in markets with few producers, and reduce net energy intake by enough to prevent further growth in obesity prevalence, but not to reduce population weight permanently.
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Management of NCD in low- and middle-income countries.
William Checkley,William Checkley,Hassen Ghannem,Vilma Irazola,Sylvester Kimaiyo,Naomi S. Levitt,J. Jaime Miranda,Louis W. Niessen,Louis W. Niessen,Dorairaj Prabhakaran,Cristina Rabadan-Diehl,Cristina Rabadan-Diehl,Manuel Ramirez-Zea,Adolfo Rubinstein,Alben Sigamani,Richard D. Smith,Nikhil Tandon,Yangfeng Wu,Yangfeng Wu,Denis Xavier,Lijing L. Yan,Lijing L. Yan +21 more
TL;DR: Indoor cooking with biomass fuels is an important cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in LMICs, and improved cookstoves with chimneys may be effective in the prevention of chronic diseases.
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Cost effectiveness of strategies to combat cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and tobacco use in sub-Saharan Africa and South East Asia: mathematical modelling study.
TL;DR: In this paper, the relative costs and health effects of interventions to combat cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and tobacco related disease in order to guide the allocation of resources in developing countries were determined.
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Cost effectiveness of strategies to combat neuropsychiatric conditions in sub-Saharan Africa and South East Asia: mathematical modelling study
Dan Chisholm,Shekhar Saxena +1 more
TL;DR: Reallocation of resources to cost effective intervention strategies would increase health gain, save money and help implement much needed expansion of services for neuropsychiatric conditions in low resource settings.
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