Non-communicable diseases' risk factors in Iran; a review of the present status and action plans

S Azadnajafabad, E Mohammadi… - Journal of Diabetes & …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) are the leading causes of death globally,
imposing a heavy burden on the healthcare systems, especially in low-and middle-income …

A realist review of voluntary actions by the food and beverage industry and implications for public health and policy in low-and middle-income countries

A Erzse, SA Karim, L Foley, KJ Hofman - Nature Food, 2022 - nature.com
The increasing availability of unhealthy processed food products is linked to rising rates of
non-communicable diseases and obesity in low-and middle-income countries. Voluntary …

Non-communicable disease prevention policy process in five African countries authors

PA Juma, SF Mohamed, BL Matanje Mwagomba… - BMC public health, 2018 - Springer
Background The increasing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in sub-Saharan
Africa is causing further burden to the health care systems that are least equipped to deal …

[HTML][HTML] Health policy triangle framework: narrative review of the recent literature

GL O'Brien, SJ Sinnott, V Walshe, M Mulcahy, S Byrne - Health Policy Open, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Developed in the late 20th century, the health policy triangle (HPT) is a policy
analysis framework used and applied ubiquitously in the literature to analyse a large …

Prevalence of multiple non-communicable diseases risk factors among adolescents in 140 countries: A population-based study

T Biswas, N Townsend, MM Huda, J Maravilla… - …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Modifiable non-communicable disease (NCD) risk factors are becoming
increasingly common among adolescents, with clustering of these risk factors in individuals …

Opportunities and challenges for delivering non-communicable disease management and services in fragile and post-conflict settings: perceptions of policy-makers …

S Witter, G Zou, K Diaconu, RGB Senesi, A Idriss… - Conflict and …, 2020 - Springer
Background The growing burden of non-communicable diseases in low-and middle-income
countries presents substantive challenges for health systems. This is also the case in fragile …

[HTML][HTML] Influencing the global governance of alcohol: alcohol industry views in submissions to the WHO consultation for the alcohol action plan 2022-2030

P O'Brien, R Dwyer, D Gleeson, M Cook… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Background In 2020, the Secretariat of the World Health Organization (WHO)
conducted an open consultation, with public submissions, for the purpose of developing an …

Health taxes on tobacco, alcohol, food and drinks in low-and middle-income countries: a scoping review of policy content, actors, process and context

LM Elliott, SL Dalglish, SM Topp - International Journal of …, 2020 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Taxation of tobacco, food, alcohol and other beverages has gained renewed
attention in responding to non-communicable diseases (NCDs). While largely built on …

Tobacco use prevalence and its determinate factor in Ethiopia-finding of the 2016 Ethiopian GATS

SD Mengesha, KT Teklu, A Weldetinsae, MG Serte… - BMC Public Health, 2022 - Springer
Background Tobacco, one of the risk factors for non-communicable diseases, kills 8 million
people each year. Like other sub-Saharan countries, Ethiopia faces the potential challenge …

Developing an organizational capacity assessment tool and capacity-building package for the National Center for Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable …

A Bakhtiari, A Takian, A Ostovar, M Behzadifar… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Non-communicable diseases represent 71% of all deaths worldwide. In 2015, Sustainable
Development Goals, including target 3.4 of SDGs, were seated on the world agenda;“By …