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Une évaluation rapide des effets de la flambée d’Ebola sur la prestation et utilisation des services de santé génésique, maternelle, néonatale, et infantile en Guinée

Barry A, Barden O’Fallon J, Hazerjian J, Brodish P (2015)

La Guinée a été le point zéro de la flambée récente de la maladie à virus Ebola. Le taux de mortalité attribuée à Ebola en Guinée était de 66 %, nettement plus élevé que les taux des deux autres pays ouest-africains les plus affectés : la Sierra Leone (32 %) et le Liberia (45 %). Face... more

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Atlas of headache disorders and resources in the world 2011

World Health Organization; Lifting the Burden (2011) C_WHO

A collaborative project of World Health Organization and Lifting The Burden

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Mental health conditions in the WHO South-East Asia Region
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World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

In the WHO South-East Asia Region, epidemiological knowledge of mental health conditions remains a relative unknown, given the sparsity of data and information on (a) the total burden associated with each disorder; (b) the degree of met and unmet needs for treatment and interventions; and (c) the... more

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2021 World Health Organization guideline on pharmacological treatment of hypertension: Policy implications for the region of the Americas

Campbell, N.R.C.; Burnens, M.P.; Whelton, P.K. et al. The Lancet Regional Health - Americas (2022) CC

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the Americas and raised blood pressure accounts for over 50% of CVD. In the Americas over a quarter of adult women and four in ten adult men have hypertension and the diagnosis, treatment and control are suboptimal. In 2021, the World Hea... more

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A comparison of cardiovascular imaging practices in Africa, North America, and Europe: two faces of the same coin

Lakshmanan, S.; Mbanze, I. European Society of Cardiology (2023) CC

Cardiovascular diseases remain the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. There are significant differences in the burden of cardiovascular disease and associated risk factors, across high-income countries and low- and middle-income countries. Cardiac imaging by echocardiography, cardia... more

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Policy Snapshot: Cholesterol Control and Management in Brazil

World Heart Federation (2015) CC

Worldwide, there are about 17 million deaths due to cardiovascular disease (CVD) each year and at least two or three times as many non-fatal events. Raised cholesterol greatly increases the risks of stroke and heart disease, causing a large health burden across the world. The World Health Organizat... more

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Cardiovascular diseases in Africa in the twenty-first century: Gaps and priorities going forward

Minja, N.W.; Nakagaayi, D.; Aliku, T. et al. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine (2022) CC

In 2015, the United Nations set important targets to reduce premature cardiovascular disease (CVD) deaths by 33% by 2030. Africa disproportionately bears the brunt of CVD burden and has one of the highest risks of dying from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) worldwide. There is currently an epide...miological transition on the continent, where NCDs is projected to outpace communicable diseases within the current decade. Unchecked increases in CVD risk factors have contributed to the growing burden of three major CVDs—hypertension, cardiomyopathies, and atherosclerotic diseasesleading to devastating rates of stroke and heart failure. The highest age standardized disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) due to hypertensive heart disease (HHD) were recorded in Africa. The contributory causes of heart failure are changing—whilst HHD and cardiomyopathies still dominate, ischemic heart disease is rapidly becoming a significant contributor, whilst rheumatic heart disease (RHD) has shown a gradual decline. In a continent where health systems are traditionally geared toward addressing communicable diseases, several gaps exist to adequately meet the growing demand imposed by CVDs. Among these, high-quality research to inform interventions, underfunded health systems with high out-of-pocket costs, limited accessibility and affordability of essential medicines, CVD preventive services, and skill shortages. Overall, the African continent progress toward a third reduction in premature mortality come 2030 is lagging behind. More can be done in the arena of effective policy implementation for risk factor reduction and CVD prevention, increasing health financing and focusing on strengthening primary health care services for prevention and treatment of CVDs, whilst ensuring availability and affordability of quality medicines. Further, investing in systematic country data collection and research outputs will improve the accuracy of the burden of disease data and inform policy adoption on interventions. This review summarizes the current CVD burden, important gaps in cardiovascular medicine in Africa, and further highlights priority areas where efforts could be intensified in the next decade with potential to improve the current rate of progress toward achieving a 33% reduction in CVD mortality. more

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Panorama of Diabetes in the Americas by Pan American Health Organization

Pan American Health Organization PAHO (2022) C_WHO

The burden of diabetes is enormous, positioning it as one of the main challenges facing public health today. Currently, it is estimated that 62 million people are living with diabetes in the Region of the Americas and projections show its prevalence will continue rising over the following years. The... more

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Epidemiology of type 2 diabetes in India

Pradeepa, R.; Mohan, V. Indian Journal of Ophthalmology 69(11):p 2932-2938, November 2021. (2021) CC2

The burden of diabetes is high and increasing globally, and in developing economies like India, mainly fueled by the increasing prevalence of overweight/obesity and unhealthy lifestyles. The estimates in 2019 showed that 77 million individuals had diabetes in India, which is expected to rise to over... more

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Diabetes prevention, screening and management

International Pharmaceutical Federation (2021) CC2

Diabetes is a significant public health issue that affects approximately one in 10 adults globally, with type 2 diabetes accounting for 90–95% of cases. This chronic condition causes considerable morbidity and mortality and is growing in impact, with cases projected to rise from 537 million in 202... more

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MEPs Mobilising for Diabetes Blueprint for Action on Diabetes in the European Union by 2030

MEPs Mobilising for Diabetes (2021) CC2

Since the discovery of insulin nearly 100 years ago, advances in diabetes treatments and therapies have transformed the lives of people with diabetes (PwD), notably reducing the daily burden of its management. Newer technologies, including those driven by artificial intelligence, have the potentia... more

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Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2021) CC

The Public Health Burden of Commercial Tobacco Use The burden of disease and death from commercial tobacco* use in the United States is overwhelmingly caused by cigarettes and other combustible tobacco products.

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Guidelines for the prevention, management and care of diabetes mellitus

World Health Organization WHO (2006) C_WHO

Diabetes mellitus is one of the most common noncommunicable diseases worldwide. In the Eastern Mediterranean Region there has been a rapid increase in the incidence of diabetes mellitus and it is now the fourth leading cause of death. The increasing prevalence of diabetes mellitus, the emergence of ... more

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Cardiovascular Diseases in Charts

Dattani, S.; Samborska, V.; Ritchie, H. et al. the Global Change Data Lab (2023) CC

The article "Cardiovascular Diseases" on Our World in Data provides an in-depth analysis of cardiovascular diseases (CVD), the leading cause of death globally. It examines CVD trends, such as the decline in mortality rates in high-income countries due to improved healthcare and lifestyle changes, wh... more

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Effectiveness of a Diabetes Program based on eHealth on capacity building and quality of care in type 2 diabetes: a pragmatic quasi-experimental study.

Moraes Morelli, D. Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy (2022) CC2

Diabetes Burdens: 10.5% adults around the world are currently loving with diabetes.

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Transitioning from long-stay services to community mental health networks Towards deinstitutionalization in the WHO South-East Asia Region-Bangkok, Thailand, 12–14 March 2024

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2024) C_WHO

The burden of mental health conditions in the Region is high and actions are being taken by WHO to address this issue. These include the PARO Declaration (1) by the health ministers of Member States at the Seventy-fifth Session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia on universal access to... more

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Skin prick reactivity among asthmatics in East Africa

Kwizera, R.; Wadda, V.; Mugenyi, L.; et al. World Allergy Organization Jornal Volume 13, Issue 6100130June 2020 (2020) CC2

The burden of asthma in Africa is high, and yet the disease is not universally prioritised. Data on allergic asthma and its impact on asthma morbidity are limited in Africa. Our aim was to describe the distribution of skin prick positivity among asthmatics in Eastern Africa.

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Status report on 2023 in the WHO African Region road safety

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2024) C_WHO

This report highlights the increasing public health burden of road traffic injuries and fatalities in the Region. Road traffic deaths are becoming a significant problem in Africa, rising at a faster rate than in any other region. Fatalities increased by nearly one fifth in the decade from 2010 ... more

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Mortality in COPD: role of comorbidities

Sin, D.D.; Anthonisen, N.R.; Soriano, J.B.; et. (2006) CC2

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) represents an increasing burden throughout the world. COPD-related mortality is probably underestimated because of the difficulties associated with identifying the precise cause of death. Respiratory failure is considered the major cause of death in advan... more

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Geographic distribution of COPD prevalence in the world displayed by Geographic Information System maps

Blanco, I.; Diego, I.; Bueno, P. et al. (2019) CC2

Existing data on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) prevalence are irregularly distributed around the world, and in many geographic regions data are scarce or even nonexistent. This fact hinders the implementation of adequate preventive and therapeutic interventions to reduce the high burd... more

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