PHM-Exch> Chronic diseases and development - The Lancet Series

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) <ruglucia at paho.org>
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 *Chronic diseases and development*

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The Lancet - Website: http://bit.ly/fvLopJ

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“……..In September 2011, the UN will hold its first High-level Meeting of the
General Assembly on chronic non-communicable diseases. *The Lancet*’s Series
of papers is a contribution to preparations for the September meeting.
These papers cover a range of diseases – cardiovascular, diabetes, cancer,
and chronic obstructive respiratory diseases – and present strategies for
substantial health gains, monitoring, and scaling up of interventions. We
also highlight earlier *Lancet* Series and provide links through to all of
the relevant content. …’

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*Series Comment*

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Chronic diseases: global action must match global evidence*

Robert Beaglehole, Richard Horton

Full Text<http://www.lancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(10)61929-0/fulltext>
| PDF<http://download.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140673610619290.pdf?id=e16241398b8eb460:3bb166fc:12db9495663:-c891295897483315>

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Rethinking health-care systems: a focus on chronicity*

Pascale Allotey, Daniel D Reidpath, Shajahan Yasin, Carina K Chan, Ama
de-Graft Aikins

Full Text<http://www.lancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(10)61856-9/fulltext>
| PDF<http://download.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140673610618569.pdf?id=e16241398b8eb460:3bb166fc:12db9495663:-c891295897483315>

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**Mobilising the world for chronic NCDs*

Jean Claude Mbanya, S B Squire, Eduardo Cazap, Pekka Puska

Full Text<http://www.lancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(10)61891-0/fulltext>
| PDF<http://download.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140673610618910.pdf?id=e16241398b8eb460:3bb166fc:12db9495663:-c891295897483315>

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Series Papers*

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Raising the priority of preventing chronic diseases: a political process*

Robert Geneau, David Stuckler, Sylvie Stachenko, Martin McKee, Shah Ebrahim,
Sanjay Basu, Arun Chockalingham, Modi Mwatsama,
Rozmin Jamal, Ala Alwan, Robert Beaglehole

Summary<http://www.lancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(10)61414-6/abstract>
| Full Text<http://www.lancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(10)61414-6/fulltext>
| PDF<http://download.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140673610614146.pdf?id=e16241398b8eb460:3bb166fc:12db9495663:-c891295897483315>

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Health, agricultural, and economic effects of adoption of healthy diet
recommendations*

Karen Lock, Richard D Smith, Alan D Dangour, Marcus Keogh-Brown, Gessuir
Pigatto, Corinna Hawkes, Regina Mara Fisberg, Zaid Chalabi

Summary<http://www.lancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(10)61352-9/abstract>
| Full Text<http://www.lancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(10)61352-9/fulltext>
| PDF<http://download.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140673610613529.pdf?id=e16241398b8eb460:3bb166fc:12db9495663:-c891295897483315>

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Tackling of unhealthy diets, physical inactivity, and obesity: health
effects and cost-effectiveness*

Michele Cecchini, Franco Sassi, Jeremy A Lauer, Yong Y Lee, Veronica
Guajardo-Barron, Daniel Chisholm

Summary<http://www.lancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(10)61514-0/abstract>
| Full Text<http://www.lancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(10)61514-0/fulltext>
| PDF<http://download.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140673610615140.pdf?id=e16241398b8eb460:3bb166fc:12db9495663:-c891295897483315>

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**Prevention and management of chronic disease: a litmus test for
health-systems strengthening in low-income and middle-income countries*

Badara Samb, Nina Desai, Sania Nishtar, Shanti Mendis, Henk Bekedam, Anna
Wright, Justine Hsu, Alexandra Martiniuk, Francesca Celletti,
Kiran Patel, Fiona Adshead, Martin McKee, Tim Evans, Ala Alwan, Carissa
Etienne

Summary<http://www.lancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(10)61353-0/abstract>
| Full Text<http://www.lancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(10)61353-0/fulltext>
| PDF<http://download.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140673610613530.pdf?id=e16241398b8eb460:3bb166fc:12db9495663:-c891295897483315>

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Monitoring and surveillance of chronic non-communicable diseases: progress
and capacity in high-burden countries*

Ala Alwan, David R MacLean, Leanne M Riley, Edouard Tursan d’Espaignet,
Colin Douglas Mathers, Gretchen Anna Stevens, Douglas Bettcher

Summary<http://www.lancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(10)61853-3/abstract>
| Full Text<http://www.lancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(10)61853-3/fulltext>
| PDF<http://download.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140673610618533.pdf?id=e16241398b8eb460:3bb166fc:12db9495663:-c891295897483315>

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Additional Lancet Series*

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Chronic diseases and injuries in India*
Vikram Patel, Somnath Chatterji, Dan Chisholm, Shah Ebrahim, Gururaj
Gopalakrishna, Colin Mathers, Viswanathan Mohan, Dorairaj Prabhakaran,
Ravilla D Ravindran, K Srinath Reddy
Published Jan 11, 2011
Summary<http://www.lancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(10)61188-9/abstract>
| Full text<http://www.lancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(10)61188-9/fulltext>
| PDF<http://download.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140673610611889.pdf?id=e16241398b8eb460:3bb166fc:12db9495663:-c891295897483315>
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