Jump to content

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs)

Grand challenges in chronic non-communicable diseases
( A. S. Daar / Oxford Health Alliance , 2007)
This briefing paper from Oxford Health Alliance identifies 20 policy and research priorities, or ‘grand challenges’, for chronic non-communicable diseases (CNCDs). Agreed by a panel drawn ...
Chronic disease: an economic perspective
( M. Suhrcke; R.A. Nugent; D. Stuckler; L. Rocco / Oxford Health Alliance , 2006)
This paper, by the Oxford Health Alliance, evaluates the economic impact of chronic diseases (heart and lung disease, cancer and diabetes), with a focus on low and middle income countries. It finds th...
Globalization of risks for chronic diseases demands global solutions
( D. Yach; R. Beaglehole / Oxford Health Alliance , 2004)
Recommended reading
Published by the Oxford Health Alliance, this chapter is taken from the journal Perspectives on Global Development and Technology. The authors argue that chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs), incl...

Results 1 to 3 of 3