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Remembering the forgotten non-communicable diseases

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Lopez, Alan D, Williams, Thomas N, Levin, Adeera, Tonelli, Marcello, Singh, Jasvinder A, Burney, Peter GJ, Rehm, Jürgen, Volkow, Nora D +2 more·2014·BMC Medicine

Abstract

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.

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Authors
Lopez, A. D., Williams, T. N., Levin, A., Tonelli, M., Singh, J. A., Burney, P. G., Rehm, J., Volkow, N. D., Koob, G., & Ferri, C. P.
Affiliations
  • Kenya Medical Research Institute (KE)
  • University of British Columbia (CA)
  • Mayo Clinic (US)
  • Imperial College London (GB)
  • Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CA)
  • National Institutes of Health (US)
  • Hospital Alemão Oswaldo Cruz (BR)
Venue
BMC Medicine
Published
2014-10-22
Volume
12
Issue
1
Pages
200-200
ISSN
1741-7015 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2004073357
Cited by
108
References
103
Citations by year
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FWCI
14.01
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • BMC Medicine (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • TSpace (University of Toronto) (submittedVersion)
  • Americanae (AECID Library) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Minerva Access (University of Melbourne) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
  • Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (research contract CE-1304-6631, CE-1304-6631)
  • Wellcome Trust (091758)
  • National Institutes of Health (AR-060772)
  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (U19HS021110)
  • National Institute on Aging (U01AG018947)
  • National Cancer Institute (U10-CA-149950)
  • National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (U34AR062891, AR‐06‐0772, P50AR060772, P50 AR060772 and U34 AR062891)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Health Information Management › Global Health and Epidemiology
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Healthcare Systems and Public Health
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
Keywords
non-communicable diseases, neglected diseases, global health burden, disease burden, premature mortality, quality of life, health loss, low- and middle-income countries, global health priorities
MeSH terms
Adult, Cardiovascular Diseases, Diabetes Mellitus, Goals, Persons with Disabilities, Disabled Persons, Humans, Neoplasms, Poverty, Quality of Life, Global Health, Health Care Costs, Cost of Illness, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive, Neglected Diseases

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