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Chronic noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are the number one cause of death and disability in the world. The term NCDs refers to a group of conditions that are not mainly caused by an acute infection, result in long-term health consequences and often create a need for long-term treatment and care. These conditions include cancers, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and chronic lung illnesses.
It is estimated that a core group of communicable diseases, including HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), malaria, and neglected infectious diseases, accounted for 6 percent of the total burden of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) in all age groups and sexes in the Americas in 2017. The same group of diseases was responsible for 7% of all deaths.
Regionwide in 2016, the estimated prevalence of overweight and obesity was 62.5% (64% in men and 61% in women), the highest among all WHO regions. The United States of America, Mexico, and the Bahamas had the highest levels, while Trinidad and Tobago had the lowest. The estimated prevalence of obesity in adults was 28% (26% in men and 31% in ...
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading causes of death and disease burden in the Region of the Americas. In 2019, NCDs account for 5.8 million deaths, equivalent to 81% of total deaths in the Region. It also accounts for the loss of 226 million disability-adjusted life years, 121 million years of life due to premature death, and 105 ...
The Department of Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health (NMH) is responsible for promoting, coordinating, and implementing technical cooperation activities related to the prevention, control, and surveillance of noncommunicable diseases, all forms of malnutrition, mental health, neurological and substance use disorders, including their ...
Definition: Probability (expressed in percentage) that a 30-year-old-individual has of dying before reaching its 70th birthday from any major noncommunicable diseases (cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes mellitus, or chronic respiratory diseases), assuming that individual would experience current mortality rates at every age and she/he ...
About Us Communicable Disease Prevention, Control, and Elimination promotes, coordinates, and implements technical cooperation activities directed toward the surveillance, prevention, control, elimination and/or reduction of communicable diseases, zoonoses that are technically sound and appropriate for the political and sociocultural context in which they are implemented.
Neglected ('forgotten') diseases and vector-borne diseases are a set of infectious diseases, that primarily affect the most vulnerable populations. These populations include those with the least access to health services, especially impoverished people living in remote rural areas and urban shantytowns, although some of these diseases, such as ...
Poliomyelitis, commonly called polio, is a highly infectious disease, caused by the poliomyelitis virus. The vast majority of poliovirus infections do not produce symptoms, but 5 to 10 out of 100 people infected with polio may have some flu-like symptoms. In 1 in 200 cases, the virus destroys parts of the nervous system, causing permanent paralysis in the legs or arms. Although very rare, the ...
Ischemic heart disease generally refers to conditions that involve narrowing or blockage of blood vessels, caused by damage to the heart or blood vessels from atherosclerosis. A build-up of fatty plaque that thickens and hardens on the artery walls, which can inhibit blood flow through the arteries to organs and tissues and can lead to a heart attack, chest pain (angina), or stroke. Other ...