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    Summary: "This report sets out the statistics, evidence and experiences needed to launch a more forceful response to the growing threat posed by noncommunicable diseases. While advice and recommendations are universally relevant, the report gives particular attention to conditions in low- and middle-income countries, which now bear nearly 80% of the burden from diseases like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer and chronic respiratory diseases. The health consequences of the worldwide epidemic of obesity are also addressed. The report takes an analytical approach, using global, regional and country-specific data to document the magnitude of the problem, project future trends, and assess the factors contributing to these trends. As noted, the epidemic of these diseases is being driven by forces now touching every region of the world: demographic aging, rapid unplanned urbanization, and the globalization of unhealthy lifestyles"--Publisher's description.

    Contents:
    Burden : mortality, morbidity and risk factors
    NCDs and development
    Monitoring NCDs and their risk factors : a framework for surveillance
    Reducing risks and preventing disease : population-wide interventions
    Improving health care : individual interventions
    Tackling NCDs : the capacity of countries to respond
    The way forward : taking action based on evidence and lessons learnt.
    Digital Access WHO 2011
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    Books: General Collection (Downstairs)
    RC108 .G56 2011
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