HLTH 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Non-Communicable Disease, Infection, Global Health
21 Mar 2017
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Non communicable disease (ncds) are not passed from person to person. They are of long duration and generally slow progression. The four main types of non communicable diseases are cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases and metabolic diseases. 80% of all deaths from communicable diseases: despite global decrease, new and re emerging communicable diseases remain a signiicant problem. Non communicable disease: ncd kill more than 36 million people each year, nearly 80% of ncd deaths occur in low and middle income countries, more than 9 million of these deaths occur before the age of 60 . Global health is derived from public health and international health. Most people think that global health is mainly directed at infectious disease and maternal and child health issues but it also covers issues related to: The global in global health refers to the scope of the problem not the location.
