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New global target on non-communicable diseases: a call to action for the global cardiovascular disease community.

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: For many years, cardiovascular disease (CVD) was regarded as a lifestyle disease primarily affecting ageing, affluent populations. This is reflected in the virtual absence of global policies concerned with CVD control in poor and rich countries alike. However, CVD and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs), including cancer, chronic respiratory disease and diabetes, account for nearly two-thirds (63%) of global deaths, with the majority of deaths from NCDs (80%) occurring in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

Source: Europe PMC (PubMed Central)

Author: Johanna Ralston

Institution: World Heart Federation

Language: English

Topic: Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1647086724

FWCI: 0.958

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Cited by: 5

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