NCDs and an outcome-based approach to global health

NCDs and an outcome-based approach to global health

In 2010, the international development assistance for health dedicated for each disability-adjusted life-year (DALY) lost to HIV/AIDS was US$69·38, $16·27 per DALY lost to malaria, and $5·42 per DALY lost to poor maternal, newborn, and child health--but only $0·09 per DALY lost to NCDs.4,5 The urgen...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Lancet (British edition) 2014-12, Vol.384 (9959), p.2003-2004
Hauptverfasser: Bollyky, Thomas J, Emanuel, Ezekiel J, Goosby, Eric P, Satcher, David, Shalala, Donna E, Thompson, Tommy G
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Chronic Disease
Disease
Global Health
Health Services Research - methods
Humans
Internal Medicine
Malaria
Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
Vector-borne diseases
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Zusammenfassung:In 2010, the international development assistance for health dedicated for each disability-adjusted life-year (DALY) lost to HIV/AIDS was US$69·38, $16·27 per DALY lost to malaria, and $5·42 per DALY lost to poor maternal, newborn, and child health--but only $0·09 per DALY lost to NCDs.4,5 The urgency of this situation led the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) to convene an Independent Task Force on Noncommunicable Diseases, and its report, The Emerging Global Health Crisis: Noncommunicable Diseases in Low- and Middle-Income Countries,1 was released on Dec 5, 2014.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(14)62291-1