Investments in capacity building in other relatively neglected areas, such as noncommunicable diseases, must begin today if we expect similar dividends in the future. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS Medicine: New Articles] Reference
Such innovations leave the question unanswered of who contributes to and who benefits from R&D for diseases that affect all countries, such as noncommunicable diseases, including cancer, cardiovascular disease and stroke, diabetes, and obesity. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS Medicine: New Articles] Reference
But increasingly, these noncommunicable diseases are hitting the poor. From Wordnik.com. [Protecting Asia's Health] Reference
Taking actionA global action plan on preventing and controlling noncommunicable diseases is ready to be implemented. From Wordnik.com. [U.N. Summit Planned on Noncommunicable Diseases] Reference
The body of a person who has died of a noncommunicable illness, such as heart disease or cancer, presents no hazard whatsoever, he explained. From Wordnik.com. [The Undertaker's Racket] Reference
There is a tendency to think that communicable disease is more prevalent among the poor and that noncommunicable disease is more prevalent among the rich. From Wordnik.com. [Protecting Asia's Health] Reference
Yach, then an epidemiologist with the Medical Research Council, is now the World Health Organisation's Geneva-based executive director of noncommunicable diseases. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
But when I spoke with agricultural and business leaders in Micronesia, it was clear that a concerted government effort to fight noncommunicable disease was not likely on these islands. From Wordnik.com. [New World Syndrome] Reference
He told me that it had made possible the early identification and treatment of health problems, and had helped to alert the islanders to the perils and prevention of noncommunicable illnesses. From Wordnik.com. [New World Syndrome] Reference
Preparations are already underway for a U.N. summit in September of next year on preventing and controlling noncommunicable diseases, such as cancer, heart and lung disease, diabetes and stroke. From Wordnik.com. [U.N. Summit Planned on Noncommunicable Diseases] Reference
There are a number of diseases related to excreta and wastewater which commonly affect people in the developing countries and which can be subdivided into communicable and noncommunicable diseases. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 3] Reference
There are a number of diseases related to excrete and wastewater which commonly affect people in the developing countries and which can be subdivided into communicable and noncommunicable diseases. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 4] Reference
As desirable a thing as it may be to protect people from cervical cancer, a noncommunicable disease, it is a usurpation of government authority to dictate medical decisions that only individuals may make. From Wordnik.com. ["What kind of people supply schoolgirls to a pharmaceutical company...?"] Reference
In contrast, the region's poorest nation — Kiribati, thirty-three islands that straddle the Equator, with little money for imported food or anything else — has in its rural regions the lowest rates of noncommunicable disease in the South Pacific. From Wordnik.com. [New World Syndrome] Reference
Alwan, the assistant director general for noncommunicable diseases and. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
Global nutrition dynamics: the world is shifting rapidly toward a diet linked with noncommunicable diseases. From Wordnik.com. [SciDev.Net] Reference
Cancer and diabetes groups said noncommunicable diseases responsible for 35 million deaths a year needed greater attention. From Wordnik.com. [News from www.rep-am.com] Reference
Meanwhile, cancer and diabetes advocates said noncommunicable diseases also needed greater funding, better medicine and more attention. From Wordnik.com. [News from www.rep-am.com] Reference
The glycemic response to diet has been linked with noncommunicable diseases and is reduced by low-palatable, viscous, soluble fiber (1). From Wordnik.com. [American Journal of Clinical Nutrition current issue] Reference
NFL's new concussion policy welcomed by American Academy of Neurology ECOSOC's agenda should include noncommunicable disease threat in developing countries. From Wordnik.com. [THE MEDICAL NEWS] Reference
"We know we need to do something about reducing the salt content of people's diets," says the health department's head of noncommunicable diseases, Prof Melvyn Freeman. From Wordnik.com. [AllAfrica News: Latest] Reference
The changes aren't likely to aid public health, said Shanthi Mendis, the Geneva-based World Health Organization's coordinator of prevention for noncommunicable diseases. From Wordnik.com. [BusinessWeek.com --] Reference
Agendas may vary because of crises, such as natural disasters or epidemics, or from recognition of the human and economic costs of inaction, as with noncommunicable diseases. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS Medicine: New Articles] Reference
Finally, KISR and UCLA together will explore potential sources of funding support for collaborative research in Kuwait in the areas of nutrition, prevention of noncommunicable and chronic diseases, and environmental health. From Wordnik.com. [UCLA Newsroom: UCLA Newsroom] Reference
The representative of the African Union, Adv. Bience Gawanas, underlined the need for countries to step up their efforts in the fight particularly against HIV / AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, noncommunicable diseases well as emerging and re-emerging diseases including polio. From Wordnik.com. [Database of Press Releases related to Africa] Reference
It aims to increase focus on the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases in low - and middle-income countries through collective advocacy, increase resource availability and promote effective stakeholder global and regional action with the aim to strengthen national capacity. From Wordnik.com. [WebWire | Recent Headlines] Reference
Even though he thought he’d developed a strain of the hemorrhagic virus that was noncommunicable, medical science did have its failings. From Wordnik.com. [Touch a Dark Wolf] Reference
Mauritius), "Wellness and Fitness for Life": Students conducted research on causes and cures of the epidemic proportion of noncommunicable diseases NCD) such as diabetes and hypertension. From Wordnik.com. [Microsoft Partners in Learning Announces 2010 Worldwide Innovative Teacher Awards - Yahoo! Finance] Reference
Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, said "In terms of global macroeconomic impact, our analysis shows that noncommunicable diseases pose a significant economic and financial risk both to advanced and developing economies. From Wordnik.com. [WebWire | Recent Headlines] Reference
2004 (the newest data available on the WHO site), the mortality rate per 100,000 people from noncommunicable causes such as diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular disease was 450 in the. From Wordnik.com. [Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post] Reference
2006 and 2015, deaths from noncommunicable diseases will increase worldwide by 17%, with the greatest increase projected for the African region (24%) followed by the Eastern Mediterranean region (23%). From Wordnik.com. [WebWire | Recent Headlines] Reference
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