With the advent of the epidemiological transition, chronic non-communicable diseases (CNCDs) have emerged as the leading cause of death globally. In this paper, we present an overview of the burden of CNCDs in the Caribbean region and use Jamaica as a case-study to review the impact of policy initiatives and interventions implemented in response to the CNCD epidemic. The findings show that while Jamaica has implemented several policy initiatives aimed at stemming the tide of the CNCD epidemic, a comparison of data from two national health and lifestyle surveys conducted in Jamaica in 2000/01 and 2007/08 revealed that there was an increase in the prevalence of intermediate CNCD risk factors such as hypertension and obesity. We therefore pres...
Background: Government policy measures have a key role to play in the prevention and control of nonc...
Over the last six decades, comprehensive national health surveys have become important data-gatherin...
Objective. Between 2006 and 2016, 70% of all deaths worldwide were due to noncommunicable diseases (...
Amidst rapid population ageing, the incidence and prevalence of chronic diseases and their sequelae ...
The English-speaking Caribbean has the highest per capita burden of chronic non-communicable disease...
Objectives. Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are a threat to social and economic development, includi...
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the main public health problem in the Caribbean and they place ...
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the economic cost of Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases (CNCDs) and the portio...
Disease Continuum Chronic non-communicable diseases such as diabetes melli-tus (DM), hypertension, ...
Heart disease and Type 2 diabetes mellitus are among the two leading causes of death in the CARICOM ...
Objective: To identify, assess, and compare existing policies on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in ...
Objective. To identify, assess, and compare existing policies on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in ...
Background: The epidemiological transition has seen a trend from communicable to non-com-municable d...
The health landscape in Latin America and the Caribbean is changing quickly. The region is undergoin...
Epidemiological studies on diabetes mellitus (DM) have been conducted in the Caribbean for more than...
Background: Government policy measures have a key role to play in the prevention and control of nonc...
Over the last six decades, comprehensive national health surveys have become important data-gatherin...
Objective. Between 2006 and 2016, 70% of all deaths worldwide were due to noncommunicable diseases (...
Amidst rapid population ageing, the incidence and prevalence of chronic diseases and their sequelae ...
The English-speaking Caribbean has the highest per capita burden of chronic non-communicable disease...
Objectives. Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are a threat to social and economic development, includi...
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the main public health problem in the Caribbean and they place ...
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the economic cost of Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases (CNCDs) and the portio...
Disease Continuum Chronic non-communicable diseases such as diabetes melli-tus (DM), hypertension, ...
Heart disease and Type 2 diabetes mellitus are among the two leading causes of death in the CARICOM ...
Objective: To identify, assess, and compare existing policies on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in ...
Objective. To identify, assess, and compare existing policies on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in ...
Background: The epidemiological transition has seen a trend from communicable to non-com-municable d...
The health landscape in Latin America and the Caribbean is changing quickly. The region is undergoin...
Epidemiological studies on diabetes mellitus (DM) have been conducted in the Caribbean for more than...
Background: Government policy measures have a key role to play in the prevention and control of nonc...
Over the last six decades, comprehensive national health surveys have become important data-gatherin...
Objective. Between 2006 and 2016, 70% of all deaths worldwide were due to noncommunicable diseases (...