Metabolic health in the Middle East and north Africa

F Azizi, F Hadaegh, F Hosseinpanah… - The lancet Diabetes & …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Summary The Middle East and north Africa are home to different populations with widely
varying cultures, histories, and socioeconomic settings. Hence, their health status, health …

[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 …

COVID-19 pandemic and comparative health policy learning in Iran.

A Raoofi, A Takian, AA Sari… - Archives of Iranian …, 2020 - search.ebscohost.com
Abstract Background: On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared
the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) a global pandemic. Starting in December 2019 …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of hypertension in Iran 1980–2012: a systematic review

M Mirzaei, S Moayedallaie, L Jabbari… - The Journal of Tehran …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: The high prevalence of hypertension and concomitant increase in the risk of its
related disease makes it an important health concern all over the world. Hypertension is one …

[HTML][HTML] Diabetes care in Iran: where we stand and where we are headed

S Noshad, M Afarideh, B Heidari, JI Mechanick… - Annals of global …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background The prevalence of diabetes has steadily increased in Iran from the time of the
first published nationally representative survey in 1999 and despite efforts and strategies to …

Diabetes in the Middle East: government health care policies and strategies that address the growing diabetes prevalence in the Middle East

N Al Busaidi, P Shanmugam, D Manoharan - Current diabetes reports, 2019 - Springer
Purpose of review Diabetes is a primary public health concern and a challenge for health
decision makers in this century. Though the number of people with diabetes is increasing all …

The burden of metabolic risk factors in North Africa and the Middle East, 1990–2019: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study

MR Malekpour, M Abbasi-Kangevari, SH Ghamari… - …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background The objective of this study is to investigate the trends of exposure and burden
attributable to the four main metabolic risk factors, including high systolic blood pressure …

Responding to non-communicable diseases in Zambia: a policy analysis

MM Mukanu, JM Zulu, C Mweemba… - Health Research Policy …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Background Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are an emerging global health
concern. Reports have shown that, in Zambia, NCDs are also an emerging problem and the …

Inequalities in the prevalence, diagnosis awareness, treatment coverage and effective control of diabetes: a small area estimation analysis in Iran

L Perseh, M Peimani, E Ghasemi… - BMC Endocrine …, 2023 - Springer
Objective This study aims to assess geographic inequalities in the prevalence, awareness of
diagnosis, treatment coverage and effective control of diabetes in 429 districts of Iran …

The Effects of Boswellia serrata Gum Resin on the Blood Glucose and Lipid Profile of Diabetic Patients: A Double-Blind Randomized Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial

S Mehrzadi, B Tavakolifar, HF Huseini… - Journal of evidence …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Regarding preclinical evidence for antidiabetic effects of Boswellia serrata, we evaluated
antihyperglycemic and lipid-lowering effects of Boswellia serrata gum resin in type 2 diabetic …