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The Growing Burden of Non-Communicable Diseases in the Eastern Caribbean

The purpose of this report is to examine and propose options for policy design and implementation, based on a situational analysis for six Eastern Caribbean countries and a review of the lessons of other nations in prevention and control. A committ...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME ADOLESCENT POPULATION ADOLESCENTS ADULT POPULATION AGE DISTRIBUTION AGE GROUPS AGED AGING AIDS RELIEF ALCOHOL ALCOHOL ABUSE ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION ALCOHOLIC ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES BIRTH RATE BOTH SEXES BREAST CANCER BULLETIN BURDEN OF DISEASE CANCERS CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE CAUSES OF DEATH CHILDREN PER WOMAN CHOLESTEROL CHRONIC CONDITIONS CHRONIC DISEASE CHRONIC ILLNESS CIRCULATORY SYSTEM CITIZENS COLON CANCER COMMUNICABLE DISEASES COMPLICATIONS CORONARY HEART DISEASE DEATH RATE DEMAND FOR SERVICES DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION DEPRESSION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIABETES DIABETES MELLITUS DIAGNOSIS DIET DIGESTIVE DISEASES DISABILITY DISEASE DISEASE BURDEN DISEASE CONTROL DISEASE MANAGEMENT DISEASE PATTERNS DISEASE PREVENTION DISSEMINATION EARLY DETECTION EATING HABITS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC STATUS EDUCATIONAL STRATEGIES EFFECTIVE POLICIES ELDERLY ENDOCRINE DISORDERS ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION EPIDEMIC EPIDEMIOLOGY ESSENTIAL MEDICINES ETHNIC GROUPS FAMILIES FAMILY STRUCTURE FEMALES FERTILITY FERTILITY RATE FOOD INDUSTRY GENDER DISPARITY GENDER GAP GLOBAL CONSENSUS GLOBAL HEALTH GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH CONSEQUENCES HEALTH EDUCATION HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH MANAGEMENT HEALTH MESSAGES HEALTH PROMOTION HEALTH RISKS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH WORKERS HEALTHY LIFE HEALTHY LIFESTYLE HEART DISEASE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE HIV HIV/AIDS HOSPITAL HOSPITALIZATIONS HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS HYPERTENSION ILLNESSES IMMUNODEFICIENCY IMPACT ON HEALTH INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INFECTIONS INFORMATION SYSTEMS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES INJURIES INTERVENTION ISOLATION LACK OF INFORMATION LAWS LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH LEADING CAUSES LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH LEISURE TIME LIFE EXPECTANCY LIFESTYLES LIMITED RESOURCES LIVE BIRTHS LIVING CONDITIONS LOW BIRTH WEIGHT LUNG CANCER MALARIA MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS MALNUTRITION MARKETING MASS MEDIA MEDICAL OFFICER MEDICAL SERVICES MEDICINE MEDICINES MENTAL MENTAL HEALTH MINISTERS OF HEALTH MINISTRY OF HEALTH MODERNIZATION MORBIDITY MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY MORTALITY MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES NATIONAL POLICIES NATIONAL STRATEGIES NCD NUMBER OF PEOPLE NURSE NURSING OBESITY OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY OLDER AGE GROUPS OUTPATIENT CARE PATIENT PATIENTS PERSONAL HEALTH PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES PHARMACEUTICALS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PHYSICIANS POLICY MAKERS POLLUTION POOR FAMILIES POPULATION GROUPS POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION GROWTH RATE POPULATION INCREASE POSTERS PRACTITIONERS PREMATURE DEATH PREVALENCE PREVENTION ACTIVITIES PREVENTION INTERVENTIONS PREVENTION STRATEGIES PROGRESS PUBLIC AWARENESS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC POLICY PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY QUALITY OF LIFE REGIONAL COOPERATION REGIONAL POLICIES REGIONAL STRATEGY REPLACEMENT LEVEL REPRODUCTIVE AGE RESPECT RESPIRATORY DISEASE RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS RISK FACTORS RISK GROUPS SAFETY NETS SCHOOL CHILDREN SCREENING SERVICE DELIVERY SEX SICK LEAVE SKIN DISEASES SMOKING SMOKING CESSATION SOCIAL SERVICES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TELEVISION TOBACCO TOBACCO CONTROL TRADITIONAL FAMILY TRAINING HEALTH WORKERS TREATMENT TUBERCULOSIS UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN POPULATION URBANIZATION WALKING WELFARE OF INDIVIDUALS WELLNESS WORKERS WORKPLACE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/954761468224410323/The-growing-burden-of-non-communicable-diseases-in-the-Eastern-Caribbean http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26867

The Growing Burden of Non-Communicable Diseases in the Eastern Caribbean

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