Sentences with phrase «for noncommunicable»

There is increasing evidence that sex and gender differences are important in epidemiology, pathophysiology, treatment, and outcomes in many diseases, but they appear to be particularly relevant for noncommunicable diseases.

That's why poor diet can lead to chronic low - grade inflammation, a risk factor for noncommunicable diseases such as Type 2 diabetes and even Alzheimer's disease.

According to one of the study's lead authors, Professor Maigeng Zhou, from the National Centre for Noncommunicable and Chronic Disease Control and Prevention in the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, China, «There is an ongoing effort by the Chinese Government to reform the health - care system, especially in terms of ensuring equal access for all to basic public health services.

This study underlines how important it is for all countries to embrace the WHO global action plan and put it into practice,» said Dr Oleg Chestnov, Assistant Director - General for Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health.

Tedros appointed Mugabe on 18 October as a WHO goodwill ambassador for noncommunicable diseases in Africa and then, following an uproar from the medical community and human rights groups, rescinded the posting 4 days later.

Thus, NCD - RisC group started with this purpose, this group is a network of scientists around the world focused on health that provides rigorous and timely data about risk factors for noncommunicable diseases of 200 countries and regions.

Unhealthy diet is a risk factor for noncommunicable diseases.

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The question that is raised in the documentary (and of course in the actual literature) is whether or not a general disregard for the impact of modern medical practices on the microbiome is responsible to some degree for the increase in noncommunicable disease.

WHO's 194 Member States agreed on a global action plan for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases (NCD) at the World Health Assembly in May.

There are known and cost - effective ways to address these common noncommunicable diseases, including prevention, early diagnosis and management of high blood pressure, obesity and high cholesterol and screening and treatment for cancers.

After a summer of negotiations whose slow pace and political gaming has drawn the ire of numerous health advocacy organizations, representatives of U.N. member states appear to have come to a compromise on a political declaration document for the 19 September U.N. high - level meeting on the prevention and control of on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs).

Join us for a Chats in the Stacks talk to hear about the lives that dwell within us and their influence on the ongoing global epidemic of noncommunicable diseases.

Noncommunicable diseases, such as hypertension, heart disease, and diabetes, are responsible for nearly two - thirds of deaths worldwide — and a great deal of spending in health care.

Similarly, ongoing efforts to «unlearn» unhealthy lifestyles and to treat noncommunicable diseases are warranted, 63 but so are efforts to improve the capacity of caregivers and communities to encourage and proactively build the rudimentary but foundational SE, language, and cognitive skills that allow for the adoption of healthy, adaptive coping skills.18, 20,66,67 Ultimately the prevention of all childhood adversity is an unrealistic objective and, to a certain extent, an undesirable one.

The noncommunicable diseases associated with early childhood adversity have garnered a great deal of attention recently, as they are predicted to account for 90 % of the morbidity seen in high - income countries by the year 2030.62 Although this has prompted some to focus on the automatic brain processes that perpetuate the associated unhealthy lifestyles, 63 relatively little attention has been given to preventing or mitigating the toxic stress that allows these automatic processes and unhealthy behaviors to be learned and adopted in the first place.