Reducing the global burden of cardiovascular disease, part 1: the epidemiology and risk factors

P Joseph, D Leong, M McKee, SS Anand… - Circulation …, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
Current global health policy goals include a 25% reduction in premature mortality from
noncommunicable diseases by 2025. In this 2-part review, we provide an overview of the …

Understanding the rise of cardiometabolic diseases in low-and middle-income countries

JJ Miranda, T Barrientos-Gutierrez, C Corvalan… - Nature medicine, 2019 - nature.com
Increases in the prevalence of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), particularly
cardiometabolic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, stroke and diabetes, and their …

Burden of disease in Brazil, 1990–2016: a systematic subnational analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

F Marinho, VM de Azeredo Passos, DC Malta… - The Lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
Background Political, economic, and epidemiological changes in Brazil have affected health
and the health system. We used the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 (GBD 2016) …

Cardiovascular health in Brazil: trends and perspectives

ALP Ribeiro, BB Duncan, LCC Brant, PA Lotufo… - Circulation, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
Brazil is a large country, with an evolving economy, but marked social inequalities. The
population is formed by an admixture of native Brazilians, Europeans, and Africans; is …

Impact of primary health care on mortality from heart and cerebrovascular diseases in Brazil: a nationwide analysis of longitudinal data

D Rasella, MO Harhay, ML Pamponet, R Aquino… - Bmj, 2014 - bmj.com
Objectives To evaluate the impact of Brazil's recently implemented Family Health Program
(FHP), the largest primary health care programme in the world, on heart and …

Public health implications of raising the minimum age of legal access to tobacco products

LY Kwan, K Stratton, RJ Bonnie - 2015 - books.google.com
Tobacco use by adolescents and young adults poses serious concerns. Nearly all adults
who have ever smoked daily first tried a cigarette before 26 years of age. Current cigarette …

The rise of gastrointestinal cancers as a global phenomenon: unhealthy behavior or progress?

SR Jardim, LMP de Souza, HSP de Souza - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The overall burden of cancer is rapidly increasing worldwide, reflecting not only population
growth and aging, but also the prevalence and spread of risk factors. Gastrointestinal (GI) …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of implementing tobacco control policies: the 2017 tobacco control policy scorecard

DT Levy, J Tam, C Kuo, GT Fong… - Journal of Public Health …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Abstract The Tobacco Control Scorecard, published in 2004, presented estimates of the
effectiveness of different policies on smoking rates. Since its publication, new evidence has …

Lung cancer in Brazil

LH Araujo, C Baldotto, G Castro Jr, A Katz… - Jornal Brasileiro de …, 2018 - SciELO Brasil
Lung cancer is one of the most incident types of cancer and a leading cause of cancer
mortality in Brazil. We reviewed the current status of lung cancer by searching relevant data …

Cause-specific mortality for 249 causes in Brazil and states during 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the global burden of disease study 2015

EB Franca, VMA Passos, DC Malta, BB Duncan… - Population health …, 2017 - Springer
Background Reliable data on cause of death (COD) are fundamental for planning and
resource allocation priorities. We used GBD 2015 estimates to examine levels and trends for …