[HTML][HTML] Global epidemiology, health burden and effective interventions for elevated blood pressure and hypertension

B Zhou, P Perel, GA Mensah, M Ezzati - Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2021 - nature.com
High blood pressure is one of the most important risk factors for ischaemic heart disease,
stroke, other cardiovascular diseases, chronic kidney disease and dementia. Mean blood …

NCD Countdown 2030: pathways to achieving Sustainable Development Goal target 3.4

JE Bennett, V Kontis, CD Mathers, M Guillot, J Rehm… - The Lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
Summary The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target 3.4 is to reduce premature
mortality from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) by a third by 2030 relative to 2015 …

The Lancet NCDI Poverty Commission: bridging a gap in universal health coverage for the poorest billion

G Bukhman, AO Mocumbi, R Atun, AE Becker, Z Bhutta… - The Lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
Executive summary “As we embark on this great collective journey, we pledge that no one
will be left behind. Recognizing that the dignity of the human person is fundamental, we wish …

NCD Countdown 2030: worldwide trends in non-communicable disease mortality and progress towards Sustainable Development Goal target 3.4

JE Bennett, GA Stevens, CD Mathers, R Bonita… - The lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
Summary The third UN High-Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) on
Sept 27, 2018, will review national and global progress towards the prevention and control …

[HTML][HTML] Diabetes mellitus tipo 2 en Perú: una revisión sistemática sobre la prevalencia e incidencia en población general

RM Carrillo-Larco… - Revista peruana de …, 2019 - SciELO Public Health
Objetivos. Identificar estudios de prevalencia e incidencia de diabetes mellitus tipo 2 en
población general adulta de Perú. Materiales y métodos. Se evaluaron estudios …

Challenges in secondary prevention after acute myocardial infarction: A call for action

MF Piepoli, U Corrà, P Dendale… - European journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Worldwide, each year more than 7 million people experience myocardial infarction, in which
one-year mortality rates are now in the range of 10%, but vary with patient characteristics …

Worldwide exposures to cardiovascular risk factors and associated health effects: current knowledge and data gaps

I Tzoulaki, P Elliott, V Kontis, M Ezzati - Circulation, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
Information on exposure to, and health effects of, cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors
is needed to develop effective strategies to prevent CVD events and deaths. Here, we …

[HTML][HTML] A narrative review of alcohol consumption as a risk factor for global burden of disease

J Rehm, S Imtiaz - Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Since the original Comparative Risk Assessment (CRA) for alcohol consumption as
part of the Global Burden of Disease Study for 1990, there had been regular updates of …

Endemic cardiovascular diseases of the poorest billion

GF Kwan, BM Mayosi, AO Mocumbi, JJ Miranda… - Circulation, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
The poorest billion people are distributed throughout the world, though most are
concentrated in rural sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) …

[HTML][HTML] Global progress in prevention of cardiovascular disease

S Mendis - Cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Although there is measurable global progress in prevention of cardiovascular disease
(CVD), it has been highly uneven and inadequate, particularly in low-and middle-income …