[afro-nets] Chronic diseases and development - The Lancet Series

["Claudio Schuftan" <cschuftan@phmovement.org>]

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Chronic diseases and development

The Lancet - Website: http://bit.ly/fvLopJ

 “……..In September 2011, the UN will hold its first High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on chronic non-communicable diseases. The Lancet’s Series of papers is a contribution to preparations for the September meeting. These papers cover a range of diseases – cardiovascular, diabetes, cancer, and chronic obstructive respiratory diseases – and present strategies for substantial health gains, monitoring, and scaling up of interventions. We also highlight earlier Lancet Series and provide links through to all of the relevant content. …’

Series Comment

Chronic diseases: global action must match global evidence

Robert Beaglehole, Richard Horton

Full Text<http://www.lancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(10)61929-0/fulltext>
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Rethinking health-care systems: a focus on chronicity

Pascale Allotey, Daniel D Reidpath, Shajahan Yasin, Carina K Chan, Ama de-Graft Aikins

Full Text<http://www.lancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(10)61856-9/fulltext>
| PDF<http://download.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140673610618569.pdf?id=e16241398b8eb460:3bb166fc:12db9495663:-c891295897483315>

Mobilising the world for chronic NCDs

Jean Claude Mbanya, S B Squire, Eduardo Cazap, Pekka Puska

Full Text<http://www.lancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(10)61891-0/fulltext>
| PDF<http://download.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140673610618910.pdf?id=e16241398b8eb460:3bb166fc:12db9495663:-c891295897483315>

Series Papers

Raising the priority of preventing chronic diseases: a political process

Robert Geneau, David Stuckler, Sylvie Stachenko, Martin McKee, Shah Ebrahim, Sanjay Basu, Arun Chockalingham, Modi Mwatsama,
Rozmin Jamal, Ala Alwan, Robert Beaglehole

Summary<http://www.lancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(10)61414-6/abstract>
| Full Text<http://www.lancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(10)61414-6/fulltext>
| PDF<http://download.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140673610614146.pdf?id=e16241398b8eb460:3bb166fc:12db9495663:-c891295897483315>

Health, agricultural, and economic effects of adoption of healthy diet recommendations

Karen Lock, Richard D Smith, Alan D Dangour, Marcus Keogh-Brown, Gessuir Pigatto, Corinna Hawkes, Regina Mara Fisberg, Zaid Chalabi

Summary<http://www.lancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(10)61352-9/abstract>
| Full Text<http://www.lancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(10)61352-9/fulltext>
| PDF<http://download.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140673610613529.pdf?id=e16241398b8eb460:3bb166fc:12db9495663:-c891295897483315>

Tackling of unhealthy diets, physical inactivity, and obesity: health effects and cost-effectiveness

Michele Cecchini, Franco Sassi, Jeremy A Lauer, Yong Y Lee, Veronica Guajardo-Barron, Daniel Chisholm

Summary<http://www.lancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(10)61514-0/abstract>
| Full Text<http://www.lancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(10)61514-0/fulltext>
| PDF<http://download.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140673610615140.pdf?id=e16241398b8eb460:3bb166fc:12db9495663:-c891295897483315>

Prevention and management of chronic disease: a litmus test for health-systems strengthening in low-income and middle-income countries

Badara Samb, Nina Desai, Sania Nishtar, Shanti Mendis, Henk Bekedam, Anna Wright, Justine Hsu, Alexandra Martiniuk, Francesca Celletti, Kiran Patel, Fiona Adshead, Martin McKee, Tim Evans, Ala Alwan, Carissa
Etienne

Summary<http://www.lancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(10)61353-0/abstract>
| Full Text<http://www.lancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(10)61353-0/fulltext>
| PDF<http://download.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140673610613530.pdf?id=e16241398b8eb460:3bb166fc:12db9495663:-c891295897483315>

Monitoring and surveillance of chronic non-communicable diseases: progress and capacity in high-burden countries

Ala Alwan, David R MacLean, Leanne M Riley, Edouard Tursan d’Espaignet,
Colin Douglas Mathers, Gretchen Anna Stevens, Douglas Bettcher

Summary<http://www.lancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(10)61853-3/abstract>
| Full Text<http://www.lancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(10)61853-3/fulltext>
| PDF<http://download.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140673610618533.pdf?id=e16241398b8eb460:3bb166fc:12db9495663:-c891295897483315>

Additional Lancet Series

Chronic diseases and injuries in India
Vikram Patel, Somnath Chatterji, Dan Chisholm, Shah Ebrahim, Gururaj Gopalakrishna, Colin Mathers, Viswanathan Mohan, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Ravilla D Ravindran, K Srinath Reddy
Published Jan 11, 2011
Summary<http://www.lancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(10)61188-9/abstract>
| Full text<http://www.lancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(10)61188-9/fulltext>
| PDF<http://download.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140673610611889.pdf?id=e16241398b8eb460:3bb166fc:12db9495663:-c891295897483315>

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