Cancer–malaria: hidden connections

Cancer and malaria exemplify two maladies historically assigned to separated research spaces. Cancer, on the one hand, ranks among the top priorities in the research agenda of developed countries. Its rise is mostly explained by the ageing of these populations and linked to environment and lifestyle. Malaria, on the other hand, represents a major health burden for developing countries in the Southern Hemisphere. These two diseases also belong to separate fields of medicine: non-communicable diseases for cancer and communicable diseases for malaria.

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Diet and Chronic Diseases: Is There a Mediating Effect of Inflammation?

Nutrients ◽

10.3390/nu11071639 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (7) ◽

pp. 1639 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Nitin Shivappa

Keyword(s):

Cardiovascular Disease ◽

Developing Countries ◽

Chronic Diseases ◽

Burden Of Disease ◽

Developed Countries ◽

Communicable Diseases ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Non Communicable Diseases

Chronic non-communicable diseases like cardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes represent the majority of the current burden of disease worldwide, with higher rates and impacts in developed countries but also with alarming trends in developing countries [...]

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Mobile Technologies for Managing Non-Communicable Diseases in Developing Countries

Advances in Wireless Technologies and Telecommunication - Mobile Applications and Solutions for Social Inclusion ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-5270-3.ch011 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 261-287 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Siddique Latif ◽

Muhammad Yasir Khan ◽

Adnan Qayyum ◽

Junaid Qadir ◽

Muhammad Usman ◽

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Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Mobile Phone ◽

Healthy Lifestyle ◽

Developed Countries ◽

Communicable Diseases ◽

Mobile Technologies ◽

Effective Prevention ◽

Non Communicable Diseases ◽

Common Risk Factors ◽

The Common

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the global leading cause of morbidity and mortality and disproportionately affect more in the less developed countries. Mobile technologies are being used for a variety of purposes in healthcare. Most importantly, they are enabling new ways for NCDs management by providing powerful tools to both doctors and patients for effective prevention and treatment. As the common risk factors of NCDs are related to human behavior; therefore, mobile phone-based health solutions can be used to combat with rising burden of NCDs by focusing on behavioral change programs to promote a healthy lifestyle. This chapter discusses the common NCDs, their burden, and future estimated projections, and shows how mobile phone technologies can provide effective NCDs management in developing countries—which have a lot of issues in their healthcare systems.

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Global Economic Crisis of 2008-2009: Sources and Roots

Voprosy Ekonomiki ◽

10.32609/0042-8736-2009-11-18-31 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 18-31

Author(s):

G. Rapoport ◽

A. Guerts

Keyword(s):

Oil And Gas ◽

Trade Deficit ◽

Developed Countries ◽

The Other ◽

Energy Resources ◽

Market Mechanisms ◽

Production Output ◽

The One ◽

To Receive ◽

Partial Destruction

In the article the global crisis of 2008-2009 is considered as superposition of a few regional crises that occurred simultaneously but for different reasons. However, they have something in common: developed countries tend to maintain a strong level of social security without increasing the real production output. On the one hand, this policy has resulted in trade deficit and partial destruction of market mechanisms. On the other hand, it has clashed with the desire of several oil and gas exporting countries to receive an exclusive price for their energy resources.

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MATERIALISME SEBAGAI PENGHAMBAT PEMBANGUNAN KESEJATERAAN SOSIAL

Jurnal Dinamika Ekonomi Pembangunan ◽

10.33005/jdep.v2i1.89 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 167-171

Author(s):

Mohammad Sabiq ◽

Akhmad Jayadi ◽

Imam Nawawi ◽

Mohammad Wasil

Keyword(s):

Social Welfare ◽

Cultural Values ◽

Social Theory ◽

Social Stress ◽

Economic Inequality ◽

Developed Countries ◽

The Other ◽

Financial Security ◽

The One ◽

Positive Effect

Materialism and sich are the driving spirit of the community in achieving economic and financial security that saves a holistic and socially just welfare. This can be seen from the lives of people in materialistic developed countries, where the level of social stress is higher, economic inequality widens, horizontal conflict is rife. This research uses Pierre Felix Bourdieu's social theory in seeing people trust the expenditure of material with other values, such as spiritual and cultural values that are no less urgent as elements of social welfare development. This study found that materialism on the one hand has a positive effect, where people are encouraged to use material standards in measuring the level of welfare they expect. On the other hand, materialism closes the presence of values such as spirituality, local wisdom and agriculture in completing more holistic welfare standards.

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Powerful Allies and Weak Consensus: Towards a Deeper Understanding of how Health-Harming Industries Seek to Influence Global Health Governance; Comment on "Competing Frames in Global Health Governance: An Analysis of Stakeholder Influence on the Political Declaration on Non-Communicable Diseases"

International Journal of Health Policy and Management ◽

10.34172/ijhpm.2021.136 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Marco Zenone ◽

Benjamin Hawkins

Keyword(s):

Global Health ◽

Communicable Diseases ◽

Global Health Governance ◽

Commercial Sector ◽

Health Governance ◽

Middle Income ◽

Non Communicable Diseases ◽

Governmental Organizations ◽

Non Governmental Organizations ◽

The One

Suzuki et al. have identified commonalities in the policy positions adopted at a global forum by commercial sector actors and high-income countries, on the one hand, and non-governmental organizations and low- and middle-income countries, on the other, in ways that may allow commercial sector actors to block or delay evidence-based policies through the creation of political controversy. The ability of industry actors to draw on the support of the most politically and economically powerful countries for their favoured policy agenda is an important contribution to understanding the dynamics of global health governance in the area of non-communicable diseases and beyond. Here we assess the relevance of this paper for the field of corporate actors’ research and the potential avenues this opens up for further study. More specifically we emphasize the need for comparative, cross disciplinary research to examine the power of heath-harming industries and the relevance of these findings for decolonizing global health.

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DISEASE PATTERNS;

The Professional Medical Journal ◽

10.29309/tpmj/2014.21.03.2150 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 21 (03) ◽

pp. 570-574

Author(s):

Muhammad Ashraf ◽

Muhammad Zakria

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Hospital Admission ◽

Hospital Stay ◽

Average Duration ◽

Gastrointestinal Diseases ◽

Developed Countries ◽

Communicable Diseases ◽

Medical Ward ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Common Diagnosis

Communicable and gastrointestinal diseases followed by respiratory diseasesare the main reasons of admission in medical ward of developing countries. This is different fromthe developed countries where non communicable diseases are the main reasons of hospitaladmission. In developing countries the data of hospital admission are still lacking. Therefore thisstudy will help us to assess the common patterns of diseases admitted in a medical ward, theaverage length of hospital stay etc. Objective: The objectives of this study are to assess thepatterns and prevalence of diseases, the most common diagnosis and average duration ofpatient’s hospital stay. Design: Observational retrospective cross-sectional study. Patients andmethods: The record of 327 hospitalized patients in medical ward was analyzed for the period ofthirteen months from Mar 2013 to Mar 2014. Patient’s medical records were retrieved and dataanalysis was done to obtain age, sex, common diagnosis, the affected system and the duration ofthe hospital stay. The data was analyzed by using SPSSV 16. Results: After reviewing the data,the most common age of patients being admitted were between 46-65 yrs (37.6%), followed bybetween 26-45yrs (33%), < 25yrs (15.9 %) , between 66-85 yrs (12.5 % )and > 85 yrs were only1% . Among the admitted patients females were more than the males except in case of liverdiseases. The most affected system was gastrointestinal ( 22.63 % ) and the most commondiagnosis was Diabetes Mellitus (12.84 %). The next common system involved wascardiovascular (15.29 %), respiratory (14.37 %), endocrine / DM (10.70 %), neurology (9.48 %),heamatology (3.36 %), renal (2.45 %) , rheumatology (1.84 %) and others ( including pyschiarty ,poisoning, infectious , electric shock etc ) (5.81 %). The cause for hospital admission by infectionin different system was (20.48%) The average duration of hospital stay of the patients was 4 days.Conclusions: The gastrointestinal diseases and the infectious diseases are the most commondiseases. The communicable diseases still hold a greater position in developing countries, whilenon communicable diseases are main reasons for admission to the medical wards in developedcountries.

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Using Information Technology to Spread Awareness about Communicable Diseases

International Business ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-9814-7.ch026 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 543-559

Author(s):

Twiesha Vachhrajani ◽

Lavanya Rao ◽

H. R. Rao

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Developing Countries ◽

Information Systems ◽

Developing World ◽

Developed Countries ◽

Communicable Diseases ◽

Global Average ◽

Indispensable Tool ◽

Time Changes ◽

Over Time

Over time, changes in lifestyles, surroundings, and presence of parasites in the developed and developing world has resulted in new strains of various communicable diseases such as AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, etc. Even though the global average of diseases may be quite low, the concentration in certain countries is much higher. In developed countries, information technology has proved to be an indispensable tool to spread awareness regarding these communicable diseases; however, most developing countries lack the infrastructure needed to use these same resources to educate people about the prevention, symptoms, and treatment available. This chapter makes the following contributions: first, it outlines some of the critical challenges regarding the spread of communicable diseases. It then identifies and summarizes the various information systems strategies used in developed and developing countries. The conclusion ties these together and offers suggestions to further curb the spread of communicable diseases in developing countries.

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Why is inflation targeting adopted?

Research in Applied Economics ◽

10.5296/rae.v12i1.16679 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 56

Author(s):

Yutaka Kurihara

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Exchange Rate ◽

Central Bank ◽

Inflation Targeting ◽

Developed Countries ◽

The Other ◽

Other Hand ◽

Central Bank Credibility

Since the early 1990s, inflation targeting (IT) has been conducted in many countries and the number of the countries has been increasing rapidly. The outcomes of adopting IT has been discussed, however, the incentives of adopting IT is not fully examined. This study focuses on this issue empirically. The results are clearly divided into two types of countries. In developed countries, budget/GDP ratio, central bank credibility, exchange rate stability, and openness of the economy are deterministic elements of adopting IT, however interestingly, inflation itself does not play any roles of adopting IT. On the other hand, only inflation is the deterministic element of adopting IT in developing countries. Other elements, that are deterministic elements in developed countries, do not any effects on introducing IT. Moreover, countries would not like to limit the scope of policies when the economy’s openness is high.

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