Sentences with phrase «global incidence»

Given that global incidence rates of overweight and obesity are on the rise, particularly among children and adolescents, it is imperative that current public health strategies include education about beverage intake.

The monitor developed at Bath promises a truly calibration - free approach, an essential contribution in the fight to combat the ever - increasing global incidence of diabetes.»

Despite global incidence declining, TB now kills as many people as HIV.

Women in poor countries have the highest global incidence of poverty of any demographic group, along with the worst health conditions, the least access to education, and the highest likelihood of being victims of violence.

The global health community and a coalition of public - private initiatives has successfully begun taming the scourge, with a 21 % decrease in its global incidence and 29 % drop in mortality rate between 2010 and 2015; still, there were 212 million malaria cases worldwide and nearly 430,000 deaths from the disease in 2015, according to the latest World Health Organization (WHO) figures.

Colon cancer is one of the four most prevalent cancers, together with breast, prostate and lung cancer, and it has a global incidence of 1,600,000 cases per year with a mortality rate of 50 %.

Johns Hopkins researchers have developed a computer simulation that helps predict under which circumstances a new short - course treatment regimen for drug - resistant tuberculosis could substantially reduce the global incidence and spread of the disease.

Better application of proven prevention technologies can help drive down the global incidence of HIV.

Global air travel ensures the worldwide dispersal of the viruses in infected passengers and rate of increase of global incidence has brought it second only to malaria as a mosquito - borne disease.

The global incidence of obesity has more than doubled in the last 35 years!