Objective To estimate the degree to which tobacco consumption is associated with spending on a set of goods and services in Chile, especially health and education, for the total population as well as for specific subgroups.
Matanje Mwagomba, Beatrice L.; Nkhata, Misheck J.; Baldacchino, Alex; Wisdom, Jennifer; Ngwira, Bagrey(BMC Public Health / Springer Nature, 2018-08)
Harmful use of alcohol is one of the most common risk factors for Non-Communicable Diseases and other health conditions such as injuries. World Health Organization has identified highly cost-effective interventions for ...
Oladepo, Oladimeji; Oluwasanu, Mojisola; Abiona, Opeyemi(BMC Public Health / Springer Nature, 2018-08)
Tobacco use is a major risk factor for non-communicable diseases and policy formulation on tobacco is expected to engrain international guidelines. This paper describes the historical development of tobacco control policies ...
Mohamed, Shukri F.; Juma, Pamela; Asiki, Gershim; Kyobutungi, Catherine(BMC Public Health / Springer Nature, 2018-08)
In this paper we use a case study design, an approach that facilitates an inquiry of a phenomenon over a period of time using a variety of data sources in order to identify qualities that are true [14]. Document reviews ...
Mapa-Tassou, Clarisse; Bonono, Cecile Rénée; Assah, Felix; Wisdom, Jennifer; Juma, Pamela A.; Katte, Jean-Claude; Njoumemi, Zakariaou; Ongolo-Zogo, Pierre; Fezeu, Leopold K.; Sobngwi, Eugene; Mbanya, Jean Claude(BMC Public Health / Springer Nature, 2018-08)
Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in the world today. In 2010, the World Health Organization (WHO) proposed efficient and inexpensive “best buy” interventions for prevention of tobacco use including: ...
The increasing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in sub-Saharan Africa is causing further burden to the health care systems that are least equipped to deal with the challenge. Countries are developing policies to ...
Juma, Pamel A.; Wisdom, Jennifer(BMC Public Health / Springer Nature, 2018-08)
Non-communicable disease (NCD) are increasing in low and mid income countries (LMICs). The greatest burden of NCDs is from cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancers and chronic respiratory illnesses. These four dis- ...
The World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, enforced in 2005, was a watershed international treaty that stipulated requirements for signatories to govern the production, sale, distribution, ...
Sanni, Saliyou; Hongoro, Charles; Ndinda, Catherine; Wisdom, Jennifer P.(BMC Public Health, Springer Nature, 2018-08)
Tobacco use is the world’s leading preventable cause of illness and death and the most important risk factor for non-communicable diseases (NCDs), particularly cardiovascular and chronic respiratory diseases (heart attack, ...
Redressing structural inequality within the South African society in the post-apartheid era became the central focus of the democratic government. Policies on social and economic transformation were guided by the government’s ...
The rise of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Africa requires a multi-sectoral action (MSA) in their prevention and control. This study aimed to generate evidence on the extent of MSA application in NCD prevention policy ...
Druetz, T.; Bicabia, A.; Corneau-Tremblay, N.; Milongo, T.; Kouanda, S.; Ly, A.; Haddad, S.(Société d'études et de recherche en santé publique (SERSAP) et l'Université Laval, 2018-10)
La chimio-prophylaxie saisonnière (CPS) du paludisme consiste en l’administration de médicaments qui combinent un effet préventif et thérapeutique sur les infections au Plasmodium (qui cause le paludisme). La stratégie est ...
There is a growing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) especially in low and middleincome countries. Major NCDs such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancers and chronic lung diseases share risk factors that ...
Juma, Pamela; Mohamed, Shukri; Kyobutungi, Catherine(African Population and Health Research Centre (APHRC) / IDRC, 2017-06)
This Kenyan case study report is part of a broader study examining the existence of noncommunicable disease prevention policies and the extent to which multi-sectoral approaches were applied in the policy development and ...
Ndinda, C.; Hongoro, C.(African Population & Health Research Centre, 2017)
The Analysis of non-communicable diseases prevention policies in Africa (ANPPA) – A case study of South Africa set out to analyse non-communicable disease (NCD) policies in South Africa. Its particular aims were to: assess ...
Oladepo, Oladimeji; Oluwasanu, Mojisola; Abiona, Opeyemi(African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) and International Development Research Centre (IDRC), 2017-06)
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), mainly cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes, are leading threats to human health and development in Nigeria. Africa’s most populous country contributes ...
Mapa-Tassou, Clarisse; Bonono, Cecile Rénée; Assah, Felix; Ongolo-Zogo, Pierre; Sobngwi, Eugene; Mbanya, Jean Claude(African Population and Health Center (APHRC0 and International Development Research Centre (IDRC), 2017-12)
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) currently constitute a serious threat to health worldwide, with the situation expected to worsen if concerted actions are not urgently taken. The World Health Organisation (WHO) identified ...
Thorsteinsdottir, Halla; Bell, Jennifer Mary; Bandyopadhyay, Nandinee(2018-10)
In this mid-term formative evaluation, the objective is to learn from the early years of IMCHA and identify strategies that can inform and strengthen IMCHA’s implementation until the end of the initiative, as well as speak ...
Universidad del Valle; Epidemiology and population health group Cali-Colombia(IDRC / Universidad del Valle, 2018)
This scoping review aims to characteerize the research and actions on food systems for the prevention of NCCD. Additionally, it aims to analyse coincidences, differences and possible synergies with Ecohealth principles. ...