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Journal Article
Acting on non-communicable diseases in low- and middle-income tropical countries
2018
Overview
The classical portrayal of poor health in tropical countries is one of infections and parasites, contrasting with wealthy Western countries, where unhealthy diet and behaviours cause non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as heart disease and cancer. Using international mortality data, we show that most NCDs cause more deaths at every age in low- and middle-income tropical countries than in high-income Western countries. Causes of NCDs in low- and middle-income countries include poor nutrition and living environment, infections, insufficient taxation and regulation of tobacco and alcohol, and under-resourced and inaccessible healthcare. We identify a comprehensive set of actions across health, social, economic and environmental sectors that could confront NCDs in low- and middle-income tropical countries and reduce global health inequalities.
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group UK,Nature Publishing Group
Subject
/ 706/134
/ Age
/ Alcohol
/ Animals
/ Cancer
/ Cardiovascular Diseases - etiology
/ Cardiovascular Diseases - genetics
/ Cardiovascular Diseases - mortality
/ Cardiovascular Diseases - therapy
/ Developing Countries - economics
/ Developing Countries - statistics & numerical data
/ Diabetes
/ Humanities and Social Sciences
/ Humans
/ Income
/ Noncommunicable Diseases - economics
/ Noncommunicable Diseases - mortality
/ Noncommunicable Diseases - prevention & control
/ Noncommunicable Diseases - therapy
/ Poverty - statistics & numerical data
/ Science
/ Taxation
/ Tobacco
