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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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Nurse-Led Diabetes Self-Management Education Improves Clinical Parameters in Ethiopia

Balcha Hailu, F.; Hjortdahl, Per.; Moen, A. frontiers (2018) CC2

Unlike in developed countries, the clinical effectiveness of diabetes self-management education (DSME) is not well-studied in the African context. Thus, this study sought to determine effects of DSME on clinical outcomes among type 2 diabetic (T2DM) patients in Ethiopia.

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Follow-up care delivery in community-based hypertension and type 2 diabetes management: a multi-centre, survey study among rural primary care physicians in China

Wang, y.; Hu, X.; Wang, H.H.X.; et al. BMC Primary Care (2021) CC2

Follow-up care is crucial but challenging for disease management particularly in rural areas with limited healthcare resources and clinical capacity, yet few studies have been conducted from the perspective of rural primary care physicians (PCPs). We assessed the frequency of follow-up care delivere... more

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Emergence of diabetes education and capacity-building programs for primary care physicians in India

Mehra, R.; Vats, S.; Kumar, R.; et al. (2022) CC2

Diabetes is one of the leading causes of death globally. India is home to the second-largest population suffering from diabetes. This underscores the need to build capacity of primary care physicians (PCPs) for better disease management. This narrative review article aims to describe the emergence o... more

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Diabetes Online courses - Global Health Media

Global Health Media (2024) CC2

Diabetes Online courses - Global Health Media

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Overcoming Diabetes Inequalities

Diabetes Africa Ltd. (2023) CC2

This event was an opportunity for healthcare professionals, policy makers, researchers, and NHS commissioners to meet with one another, take stock of the activities happening around the UK, upskill, and work together to improve diabetes and related disease outcomes for people of Black, Black African... more

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Development of a capacity building program for Village Health Volunteers to support Self-Management in a high risk population for diabetes in a rural community in northeast Thailand

Srisarakham, P.; Amnatsatsue, K.; Kerdmongkol, P.; Leerapan, P. (2016) CC2

Similar to other parts of the world, the prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in the Asia-Pacific Region has rapidly increased during the last few decades. The purposes of this pilot study were to determine the feasibility and the effects of a capacity building program for Village Health Vo... more

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Capacity Building for Nurses’ Knowledge and Practice Regarding Prevention of Diabetic Foot Complications

Abdullah, W.H.; Al Senany, S.; Al-Otheimin, H. K. (2017) CC2

Diabetic foot ulcers are a complication affecting approximately 15% of the total population with diabetes mellitus. There are three and half million diabetic patients in Saudi Arabia alone. Aim: to determine capacity building for nurses’ knowledge and practice regarding prevention of diabetic foot... more

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Diabetes and kidney disease

International Diabetes Federation (2023) CC2

Diabetes is one of the leading causes of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Up to 40% of people living with diabetes develop CKD, and the number of new cases of CKD in people with type 2 diabetes increased by 74% between 1990 and 2017. The prevalence of diabetes-related CKD varies widely between countrie... more

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The burden of non-communicable diseases and its implications for Sustainable Development Goals across regions in Ethiopia

Temesgen, A. M.; Walker, A. (2023) CC2

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are major global public health concerns that cause nearly three-quarters of the burden of mortality worldwide. Cardiovascular diseases, cancer, chronic respiratory diseases, and diabetes alone account for over eight out of ten NCD deaths. To alleviate this huge burde... more

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Indoor air pollution – caused by the burning of firewood, crop waste, and dung for cooking and heating – is a major health risk for the world's poorest

Ritchie, H.; Roser, M. (2024) CC2

Indoor air pollution is caused by burning solid fuel sources – such as firewood, crop waste, and dung – for cooking and heating. Burning such fuels, particularly in poor households, results in air pollution that leads to respiratory diseases, which can result in premature death. The WHO calls... more

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Загрязнение воздуха внутри жилых помещений

World Health Organization WHO (2023) C_WHO

Worldwide, around 2.3 billion people still cook using solid fuels (such as wood, crop waste, charcoal, coal and dung) and kerosene in open fires and inefficient stoves. Most of these people are poor and live in low- and middle-income countries. There is a large discrepancy in access to cleaner cooki... 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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The COPD Foundation

The COPD Foundation (2024) CC2

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a term used to describe chronic lung diseases including emphysema and chronic bronchitis. COPD is characterized by breathlessness. Some people with COPD also experience tiredness and chronic cough with or without mucus.

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Regional action framework for noncommunicable disease prevention and control in the Western Pacific; World Health Organization 2023

World Health Organization WHO (2023) C_WHO

The Regional Action Framework for Noncommunicable Disease Prevention and Control provides a unified vision of objectives and recommended actions to combat the noncommunicable disease (‎NCD)‎ epidemic in the Western Pacific Region. Implementation should be supported by cross-sectoral coordination... more

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Living with Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

Asthma and Lung UK (2022) CC2

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is where air cannot get out of the lungs easily (the airflow is obstructed). COPD is a common condition that mainly affects middle-aged or older adults who smoke or have smoked. Jobs where people are exposed to dust fumes and chemicals also increase the r... more

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Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases (GARD): generel meeting report, Seol, Repblic of Korea, 1-2 June 2007

World Health Organization WHO (2007) CC2

Everyone in the world is exposed to risk factors for chronic respiratory disease (CRD). Three billion people live in urban areas and are exposed to outdoor air pollution. Two billion people are exposed to solid fuel combustion which represents one of the major risk factors worldwide. One billion peo... more

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A worldwide charter for all children with asthma

Szefler, S. J.; Fitzgerald, D. A.; Adachi, Y.; (2020) CC2

Asthma is the commonest chronic childhood disease and encompasses a spectrum of airway diseases with similar symptoms. Inaccurate diagnosis remains common, especially in younger children, with failure to characterize the different “asthmas.” Children worldwide repeatedly suffer symptoms which se... more

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Urbanization and childhood asthma: An African perspective

Weinberg, E.G. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (2000) CC

The increasing prevalence of childhood asthma in the developed world is a cause for concern. A so-called Western lifestyle has been the factor most commonly cited to explain this worrying increase in asthma prevalence. Early studies in a limited number of African countries showed a very low rural pr... more

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Breathe easy: Learning about adolescent asthma

Ramnath, K. Media Production Archives (2022) CC

Asthma is a common breathing condition. Chances are that at least one in every fifth person will have it. People with asthma might have a cough, or wheeze and a feeling of tightness in their chests. A group of researchers from the United Kingdom teamed up with seven African countries to learn about ... more