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Tackling noncommunicable diseases in bangladesh

Koehlmoos, Tarcey L. P, El-Saharty, Sameh, Engelgau, Michael M, Ahsan, Karar Zunaid

2013

Overview

This report is organized in such a way that the key policy options and strategic priorities are based on the country context, including the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and associated risk factors and the existing capacity of the health system. Chapter one describes the country and regional contexts and the evidence of the demographic and epidemiological transitions in Bangladesh; chapter two outlines the disease burden of major NCDs, including the equity and economic impact and the common risk factors; chapter three provides an assessment of the health system and its capacity to prevent and control major NCDs; chapter four summarizes ongoing NCD interventions and activities in Bangladesh and highlights the remaining gaps and challenges; and chapter five presents key policy options and strategic priorities to prevent and control NCDs.

• Publisher: THE WORLD BANK,World Bank,World Bank Publications,The World Bank,Washington, DC: World Bank
• Subject: ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES / ADEQUATE HUMAN RESOURCES / AGED / AGING / AIR POLLUTION / ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION / Bangladesh / BASIC POPULATION / BEHAVIOR CHANGE / BREASTFEEDING / BUS051000 - Business & Economics / BUS072000 - Business & Economics / CANCER / CAPACITY BUILDING / CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE / CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES / CHILD HEALTH / CHILD HEALTH SERVICES / CHILD MORTALITY / CHILD MORTALITY RATES / CHILD-BEARING / CHILDBIRTH / CHILDREN PER WOMAN / CHRONIC CONDITIONS / Chronic Disease -- economics -- Bangladesh / Chronic Disease -- epidemiology -- Bangladesh / Chronic Disease -- prevention & control -- Bangladesh / CLIMATE CHANGE / CLINICS / COMMUNICABLE DISEASES / COMPLICATIONS / DEATH RATE / Delivery of Health Care -- Bangladesh / DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES / DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION / DEPENDENCY RATIO / DEVELOPING COUNTRIES / Development / DIABETES / Dialectic / DIET / DIETS / DISABILITY / DISASTERS / Diseases / DISSEMINATION / DROWNING / DRUGS / EARLY DETECTION / ECONOMIC GROWTH / EFFECTIVE GOVERNANCE / ELDERLY / EPIDEMIC / EPIDEMIOLOGY / ESSENTIAL DRUGS / EXISTING CAPACITY / FAMILIES / FAMILY PLANNING / FAMILY WELFARE / FERTILITY / FERTILITY RATE / FOOD INDUSTRY / GENDER PARITY / GOVERNMENT AGENCIES / GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT / GROSS NATIONAL INCOME / HEALTH CARE / HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS / HEALTH CARE SERVICES / HEALTH EDUCATION / HEALTH FACILITIES / HEALTH FOR ALL / HEALTH INDICATORS / HEALTH INSURANCE / HEALTH MESSAGES / HEALTH OUTCOMES / HEALTH PLANNING / HEALTH POLICIES / HEALTH POLICY / HEALTH PROMOTION / HEALTH RESEARCH / Health Risk Assessment / HEALTH SECTOR / HEALTH SECTOR REFORM / HEALTH SERVICES / HEALTH SYSTEM / HEALTH SYSTEMS / Health Transition -- Bangladesh / HEALTH TRENDS / HEALTH WORKERS / Health, Nutrition, and Population / HEALTHY LIFESTYLES / HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE / HOSPITAL / HOSPITAL BEDS / HOSPITALS / HOUSEHOLD INCOME / HUMAN CAPACITY / HUMAN DEVELOPMENT / HYPERTENSION / ILLNESSES / IMMUNIZATIONS / IMMUNODEFICIENCY / IMPACT OF POPULATION / IMPACT OF POPULATION GROWTH / IMPACT ON HEALTH / INFANT / INFORMATION SYSTEM / INFORMATION SYSTEMS / INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT / INJURIES / INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY / INSTITUTIONALIZATION / INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS / INTERVENTION / LABOR FORCE / LAWS / LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH / LEADING CAUSES / LEADING CAUSES OF MORTALITY / LEGAL STATUS / LIFE EXPECTANCY / LIFESTYLES / LIVE BIRTHS / LOW BIRTH WEIGHT / LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES / MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS / MASS MEDIA / MATERNAL DEATHS / MATERNAL MORTALITY / MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO / MED037000 - Medical / Medical care / MEDICAL COLLEGE / MEDICAL EQUIPMENT / MEDICAL RESEARCH / MENTAL HEALTH / MIGRANT / MIGRANTS / MIGRATION / MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL / MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS / MINISTRY OF HEALTH / MORBIDITY / MORTALITY / MORTALITY RATE / MOTHER / NATIONAL HEALTH POLICY / NATIONAL POLICY / NATURAL DISASTERS / Noncommunicable disease (NCD)-Bangladesh-Demographic / NURSES / NUTRITION / OBESITY / OLD AGE / PATHFINDER INTERNATIONAL / PATIENTS / PERSISTENT POVERTY / Philosophy / PHYSICAL ACTIVITY / PHYSICIANS / PLAN OF ACTION / POLICY DIALOGUE / POLICY MAKERS / POLITICAL SUPPORT / POLITICAL TURMOIL / POLLUTION / POOR HEALTH / POPULATION CHALLENGES / POPULATION INDICATORS / POPULATION PROJECTIONS / POPULATION RESEARCH / POPULATION SECTOR / POPULATION SIZE / PREVENTION INTERVENTIONS / PRIMARY EDUCATION / PRIMARY HEALTH CARE / PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SYSTEM / PRIMARY HEALTH FACILITIES / PRIMARY SCHOOL / PROGRESS / Public Finance / PUBLIC HEALTH / PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURE / PUBLIC POLICY / PURCHASING POWER / PURCHASING POWER PARITY / QUALITY ASSURANCE / QUALITY OF CARE / REDUCTION OF MORBIDITY / REFERRAL SYSTEMS / REMITTANCES / REPRODUCTIVE AGE / REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH / REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROGRAM / RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS / RESEARCH POLICY / RESEARCH PROGRAMS / RESPIRATORY DISEASES / RISK FACTORS / RISK GROUPS / RURAL AREAS / SCREENING / SECONDARY EDUCATION / SERVICE DELIVERY / SERVICE PROVIDERS / SEXUAL HARASSMENT / SLUM DWELLERS / SMALL COUNTRIES / SMOKING / SMOKING CESSATION / SOCIAL CHANGES / SOCIAL IMPACT / SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION / SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS / SODIUM / STATE UNIVERSITY / STRATEGIC PRIORITIES / SUBSTANCE ABUSE / Sustainable Development / TERTIARY LEVEL / TERTIARY LEVELS / TOLERANCE / TREATMENT SERVICES / UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND / URBAN AREAS / URBAN CENTER / URBAN POPULATION / URBAN POPULATION GROWTH / URBAN POPULATION GROWTH RATES / URBAN SLUMS / URBANIZATION / VIOLENCE / VULNERABILITY / WORKERS / WORKFORCE / WORKING-AGE POPULATION / WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION / YOUNG PEOPLE
• ISBN: 0821399209, 0821399217, 9780821399217, 9780821399200