MercoPress10d
PAHO warns of NCDs spreading in the region
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has issued an urgent call to address the primary factors contributing to ...
The Lancet13d
Quick buys for prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases
Despite their established effectiveness, uptake of the WHO best buys for tackling non-communicable diseases (NCDs) has been ...
PAHO director urges Caribbean countries to urgently address key drivers of mortality due to NCDs
Director of the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) – Dr Jarbas Barbosa, is calling for Caribbean and other countries to ...
MercoPress10y
WHO calls for urgent action to reduce burden of non communicable diseases
Urgent government action is needed to meet global targets to reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and prevent the annual toll of 16 million people dying prematurely—before the ...
Prevention Non-Communicable Diseases: Punjab Health dept employees asked to work on holidays to meet screening target
Out of a target population of 92.34 lakh people, only 34 lakh individuals have been screened so far in the state. Of those, just 25 lakh have had their data uploaded to the NCD portal ...
BMJ2mon
Accelerometer-based measures in physical activity surveillance: current practices and issues
Objective Self-reports of physical activity (PA) have been the mainstay of measurement in most non-communicable disease (NCD) surveillance systems. To these, other measures are added to summate to a ...