Remembering the forgotten non-communicable diseases.

Journal: BMC medicine

Volume: 12

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Year of Publication: 2015

Affiliated Institutions:  School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Building , Bouverie St, Carlton, Melbourne, VIC, , Australia. alan.lopez@unimelb.edu.au. Department of Medicine, Imperial College, St Mary's Hospital, London, WNY, UK. tom.n.williams@gmail.com. University of British Columbia, St Paul's Hospital, Burrard Street Rm A, Vancouver, BC, VZY, Canada. ALevin@providencehealth.bc.ca. , th Floor, TRW Building, Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, TN Z, Canada. mtonelli@ualberta.ca. Medicine Service and Center for Surgical Medical Acute care Research and Transitions, VA Medical Center, , th street South, Birmingham, AL, FOT B, USA. jassingh@uab.edu. National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK. p.burney@imperial.ac.uk. Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada. jtrehm@gmail.com. National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA. nvolkow@nida.nih.gov. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, -, USA. george.koob@nih.gov. Institute of Education and Health Sciences, Hospital Alemao Oswaldo Cruz, Rua João Julião, - Bloco D CEP -, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. ferricleusa@gmail.com.

Abstract summary 

The forthcoming post-Millennium Development Goals era will bring about new challenges in global health. Low- and middle-income countries will have to contend with a dual burden of infectious and non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Some of these NCDs, such as neoplasms, COPD, cardiovascular diseases and diabetes, cause much health loss worldwide and are already widely recognised as doing so. However, 55% of the global NCD burden arises from other NCDs, which tend to be ignored in terms of premature mortality and quality of life reduction. Here, experts in some of these 'forgotten NCDs' review the clinical impact of these diseases along with the consequences of their ignoring their medical importance, and discuss ways in which they can be given higher global health priority in order to decrease the growing burden of disease and disability.

Authors & Co-authors:  Lopez Williams Levin Tonelli Singh Burney Rehm Volkow Koob Ferri

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Citations :  Murray CJ, Ezzati M, Flaxman AD, Lim S, Lozano R, Michaud C, Naghavi M, Salomon JA, Shibuya K, Vos T, Wikler D, Lopez AD. GBD 2010: design, definitions, and metrics. Lancet. 2012;380:2063–2066. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61899-6.
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Doi : 200
SSN : 1741-7015
Study Population
Male,Female
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Adult
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England