CIENCIASMEDICASNEWS: CDC Around the World: NCDs: A Global Threat to Sustainable Development

martes, 4 de agosto de 2015

CDC Around the World: NCDs: A Global Threat to Sustainable Development

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CDC and partners work together to integrate tobacco
surveys into national surveillance systems.
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Spotlighted Topic of the Week: NCDs: A Global Threat to Sustainable Development

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Spotlighted Topic of the Week: NCDs: A Global Threat to Sustainable Development

Blog of the Week

ACCELERATED AN INTEGRATING APPROACH TO NCD PREVENTION AND CONTROL GLOBALLY

Over the past 18 years, I’ve worked with Ministries of Health and other partners in 180 countries to advance CDC’s overarchingglobal health goals and accelerate strategies for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and injuries. NCDs and injuries are responsible for millions of premature deaths, especially in low- and middle-income counties (LMICs). As public health practitioners, we have an important opportunity to work collaboratively to accelerate and scale up implementation of proven prevention and treatment strategies and measure their impact…read blog
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SMOKING IN GATS COUNTRIES

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THE NEXT 50 YEARS

For more than fifty years, the Surgeon General has been reporting about the dangers of smoking and tobacco use. The findings have inspired us to help smokers quit and keep young people from starting smoking in the first place. We know the strategies that work and we are in the forefront of an historic opportunity to end the tobacco epidemic…watch video
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Story of the Week

BRAZIL LEADS THE WAY TO INTEGRATING TOBACCO SURVEYS INTO ITS NATIONAL SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM

In 2008, Brazil implemented the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS), a stand-alone, nationally representative household tobacco survey that uses a consistent, standardized protocol in participating countries. GATS was conducted as a supplement of Brazil’s National Household Sample Survey (PNAD) among persons aged 15 years and above. Adding GATS as a supplement to PNAD was a visionary step taken by Brazil, making it one of the first countries to embed a stand-alone topical survey into a general household survey, resulting in increased efficiencies in both time and resources…read story
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