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ReviewInternational journal of general medicine2018

The increasing prevalence of non-communicable diseases in low-middle income countries: the view from Malawi.

Matthew Gowshall, Simon D Taylor-Robinson

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Review in International journal of general medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 63 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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63citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
19.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

63 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 156 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Matthew GowshallDivision of Digestive Health, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK, s.taylor-robinson@imperial.ac.uk, matthewgowshall@doctors.org.uk.
Simon D Taylor-RobinsonDivision of Digestive Health, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK, s.taylor-robinson@imperial.ac.uk, matthewgowshall@doctors.org.uk.
Imperial College London · GBQueen Mary University of London · GB

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of death globally, the majority of these being due to cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic respiratory diseases, or diabetes. Mortality from many NCDs continues to increase worldwide, with a disproportionately larger impact in low-middle income countries (LMIs), where almost 75% of global deaths occur from these causes. As a low-income African country that consistently ranks amongst the world's poorest nations, Malawi as a case study demonstrates how transition due to societal change and increasing urbanization is often accompanied by a rise in the rate of NCDs. Other factors apart from changing lifestyle factors can explain at least some of this increase, such as the complex relationship between communicable and NCD and growing environmental, occupational, and cultural pressures. Malawi and other LMIs are struggling to manage the increasing challenge of NCDs, in addition to an already high communicable disease burden. However, health care policy implementation, specific health promotion campaigns, and further epidemiological research may be key to attenuating this impending health crisis, both in Malawi and elsewhere. This review aims to examine the effects of the major NCDs in Malawi to help inform future public health care policy in the region.

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cancercardiovascular diseasechronic respiratory diseasediabetesMalawinon-communicable diseases

Identifiers

PMID29988742
PMCPMC6029598
OpenAlexW2800782405

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