Noncommunicable Diseases: A Compendium introduces readers to noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) – what they are, their burden, their determinants and how they can be prevented and controlled.
Focusing on cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer and chronic respiratory disease and their five shared main risk factors (tobacco use, harmful use of alcohol, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity and air pollution) as defined by the United Nations, this book provides a synopsis of one of the world’s biggest challenges of the 21st century. NCDs prematurely claim the lives of millions of people across the world every year, with untold suffering to hundreds of millions more, trapping many people in poverty and curtailing economic growth and sustainable development. While resources between and within countries largely differ, the key principles of surveillance, prevention and management apply to all countries, as does the need to focus resources on the most cost-effective and affordable interventions and the need for strong political will, sufficient resources, and sustained and broad partnerships. This compendium consists of 59 short and accessible chapters in six sections: (i) describing and measuring the burden and impact of NCDs; (ii) the burden, epidemiology and priority interventions for individual NCDs; (iii) social determinants and risk factors for NCDs and priority interventions; (iv) global policy; (v) cross-cutting issues; and (vi) stakeholder action.
Drawing on the expertise of a large and diverse team of internationally renowned policy and academic experts, the book describes the key epidemiologic features of NCDs and evidence-based interventions in a concise manner that will be useful for policymakers across all parts of society, as well as for public health and clinical practitioners.
Author(s): Nick Banatvala, Pascal Bovet
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 488
City: London
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
List of Contributors
Preface
Foreword
Credits
Editors’ biographies
List of Abbreviations
Editors’ note
Part 1 Describing and measuring the burden and impact of NCDs
Chapter 1 Global burden of NCDs
Chapter 2 Epidemiologic and demographic transition as drivers of NCDs
Chapter 3 NCDs and sustainable development
Chapter 4 Surveillance of NCDs and their risk factors: Principles
Chapter 5 Surveillance of NCDs and their risk factors: Selected tools
Part 2 Burden, epidemiology and priority interventions for individual NCDs
Chapter 6 Cardiovascular disease: Burden, epidemiology and risk factors
Chapter 7 Cardiovascular disease: Priority interventions
Chapter 8 Hypertension: Burden, epidemiology and priority interventions
Chapter 9 Diabetes: Burden, epidemiology and priority interventions
Chapter 10 Obesity: Burden, epidemiology and priority interventions
Chapter 11 Cancer: Burden, epidemiology and principles for priority interventions
Chapter 12 Breast cancer: Burden, epidemiology and priority interventions
Chapter 13 Cervical cancer: Burden, epidemiology and priority interventions
Chapter 14 Colorectal cancer: Burden, epidemiology and priority interventions
Chapter 15 Prostate cancer: Burden, epidemiology and priority interventions
Chapter 16 Chronic respiratory diseases: Burden, epidemiology and priority interventions
Part 3 Social determinants and risk factors for NCDs and priority interventions
Chapter 17 Social determinants of health and NCDs
Chapter 18 Tobacco use: Burden, epidemiology and priority interventions
Chapter 19 Unhealthy diets: Burden, epidemiology and priority interventions
Chapter 20 Cholesterol, saturated fats and trans fats: Burden, epidemiology and priority interventions
Chapter 21 Dietary salt and NCDs: Burden, epidemiology and priority interventions
Chapter 22 Dietary sugars and NCDs: Burden, epidemiology, and priority interventions
Chapter 23 Food reformulation for NCD prevention and control
Chapter 24 Nutrition labelling for NCD prevention and control
Chapter 25 Physical inactivity and NCDs: Burden, epidemiology, and priority interventions
Chapter 26 Harmful use of alcohol and NCDs: Burden, epidemiology and priority interventions
Chapter 27 Air pollution and NCDs: Burden, epidemiology and priority interventions
Chapter 28 Infectious diseases and NCDs
Chapter 29 Genetics and NCDs
Part 4 Global policy for NCD prevention and control
Chapter 30 The WHO Global Strategy for the Prevention and Control of NCDs 2000
Chapter 31 United Nations high-level meetings on NCD prevention and control
Chapter 32 The WHO Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of NCDs 2013–2030
Chapter 33 The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products
Chapter 34 Best buys and other recommended interventions for NCD prevention and control
Chapter 35 Accountability for NCD prevention and control
Part 5 Cross cutting issues around NCD prevention and control
Chapter 36 Population and individual approaches for NCD prevention and control
Chapter 37 A life-course approach for NCD prevention and control
Chapter 38 Universal health coverage and NCD prevention and control
Chapter 39 Financing and allocating resources for NCD prevention and control
Chapter 40 Making the economic case for investing in NCD prevention and control
Chapter 41 Fiscal measures for NCD prevention and control
Chapter 42 Strengthening health systems and service delivery for NCD prevention and control
Chapter 43 Screening and health checks for NCD prevention and control
Chapter 44 Access to medicines for NCD prevention and control
Chapter 45 Access to medical technologies for NCD prevention and control
Chapter 46 Law and NCD prevention and control
Chapter 47 Changing behaviour at scale to prevent NCDs
Chapter 48 Promoting health behaviours at the individual level for NCD prevention and control
Chapter 49 Digital technologies for NCD prevention and control
Chapter 50 Effective communication for NCD prevention and control
Chapter 51 NCD prevention and control in emergencies and humanitarian settings
Chapter 52 The role of human rights in NCD prevention and control
Part 6 Stakeholder action for NCD prevention and control
Chapter 53 Whole-of-government response for NCD prevention and control
Chapter 54 Whole-of-society response for NCD prevention and control
Chapter 55 The role of people living with NCDs in NCD prevention and control
Chapter 56 The role of the private sector in NCD prevention and control
Chapter 57 The role of public–private partnerships in NCD prevention and control
Chapter 58 Aid effectiveness and the role of multilateral and bilateral development agencies in NCD prevention and control
Chapter 59 Leadership for NCD prevention and control
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