Non-communicable disease behavioural risk factors such as tobacco smoking, heavy
alcohol consumption, physical inactivity, and unhealthy eating are socially patterned in high …

Background Non-communicable diseases are the leading global cause of death and
disproportionately afflict those living in low-income and lower-middle-income countries …

Many chronic illnesses are more prevalent in people from socioeconomically deprived
backgrounds. 1 Multimorbidity—the presence of two or more long-term health conditions …

In a Comment (February, 2017), 1 we argued that action on the conditions currently referred
to as noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) may be hampered by the inadequacy of their …

Background The association between poverty and health is highly context-specific; in high-
income countries, low socioeconomic status is associated with use of tobacco and alcohol …

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of death worldwide and are
responsible for a large proportion of premature mortality. NCDs are largely preventable and …

The 2011 Political declaration of the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly of the UN
on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Dis eases2, 3 reminded me of a similar …

The challenge that Africa has of dealing with multiple burdens of disease, characterised by
high rates of infectious diseases such as HIV, AIDS, and tuberculosis, alongside non …

WHO Director-General Margaret Chan has noted that “efforts to prevent non-communicable
diseases go against the business interests of powerful economic operators”. 1 Selling …

The link between mortality and socioeconomic status has echoed through the ages, and was
graphically captured by the Preston curve, which showed the relation between life …