An infectious disease may or may not be clinically manifested, and therefore it is possible for a person to carry the disease agent without having clinical illness. Acute infectious diseases are intense or short term, but may have long-term sequelae of great public health importance, such as po...
Time to align: development cooperation for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases. BMJ. 2019;366:l4499. Article Google Scholar World Health Organization. Package of essential noncommunicable (PEN) disease interventions for primary health care in low-resource settings. Package of ...
Here, we focus on the close relationship between tuberculosis and non-communicable disease, and tuberculosis and other communicable diseases, in terms of comorbidity, causation, and health care. We also investigate commonalities, synergies, and challenges for integration of tuberculosis care and control ...
While demographic factors have contributed substantially to this growth, disease risk has not fallen as rapidly as for leading communicable diseases. There is a very real prospect of rates from major vascular diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and cancers rising in men throughout ...
The chronic nature of noncommunicable diseases (NCD) and costs associated with long-term care can result in catastrophic health expenditure for the patient and their household pushing them deeper into poverty and entrenching inequality in society. As the
Specific health outcomes were assessed according to the disease in question. For instance, Khouja et al. [40] measured the Framingham risk score (FRS), in addition to other parameters, to assess the 10-year risk of heart disease, categorized into high (≥20% FRS), moderate (10%–19% ...