ReviewNature2018
Acting on non-communicable diseases in low- and middle-income tropical countries.
Review in Nature, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 86 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
86 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 229 citations in OpenAlex.
- A comparative systematic review of risk factors, prevalence, and challenges contributing to non-communicable diseases in South Asia, Africa, and Caribbeans.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2024Pooled it
- The relationship between climate change, globalization and non-communicable diseases in Africa: A systematic review.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- Regional and demographic variations of Carotid artery Intima and Media Thickness (CIMT): A Systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2022Pooled it
- Steatotic liver disease trajectory: A holistic EASL guidance on the multidisciplinary approach to screening and patient management.JHEP reports : innovation in hepatology · 2026Review
- Physical Inactivity and Non-communicable Disease Burden in Five ASEAN Countries: A 12-Year Panel Analysis Using Structural Equation Modeling and Machine Learning Projections.Journal of preventive medicine and public health = Yebang Uihakhoe chi · 2026Article
- Harnessing data science to control non-communicable diseases in Africa: a systematic review and gap analysis.Communications medicine · 2026Article
- Assessment of particulate matter exposure levels and associated respiratory symptoms among oil seed processing factories workers.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Evaluating function availability and user satisfaction with nutrition apps: user-generated content analysis and text mining study.Nutrition journal · 2026Article
- Financial determinants of effective hypertension and diabetes care in rural primary health facilities in Kisumu, Kenya: a mixed-methods study.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Building on the Doha Declaration: a white paper on advancing lifestyle medicine for non-communicable disease prevention and health system transformation.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- World Lung Day 2025-Healthy Lungs, Healthy Life.Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) · 2025Article
- Health inequality in the disease burden of non-communicable diseases among the elderly from 1990 to 2021, and projections to 2050: a systematic analysis of global burden of disease study.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Benchmarking progress in non-communicable diseases: a global analysis of cause-specific mortality from 2001 to 2019.Lancet (London, England) · 2025Article
- Spatiotemporal Patterns of Non-Communicable Disease Mortality in the Metropolitan Area of the Valley of Mexico, 2000-2019.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Effects of hydrostatic compression and kinetic vitrification on structural relaxation behaviors of amorphous drugs: how to predict themRSC advances · 2025Article
- Cohort profile: the Guangzhou older longitudinal dynamic health (GOLD-Health) cohort.European journal of epidemiology · 2025Article
- Barriers and facilitators to accessing Non-Communicable Disease services among children, adolescents and young people with Type 1 Diabetes in Mozambique: a quantitative content analysis using the COM-B framework.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2025Article
- Exploring patients' understanding of behavioral risk factors for non-communicable diseases: a study on diabetes and hypertension in Bushbuckridge, South Africa.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Mathematical Modelling for Community Based Intervention for Managing Diabetes: A Systematic Literature Review.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2025Review
- Task-sharing for non-communicable disease prevention and control in low- and middle-income countries in the context of health worker shortages: A systematic review.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
26 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
The classical portrayal of poor health in tropical countries is one of infections and parasites, contrasting with wealthy Western countries, where unhealthy diet and behaviours cause non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as heart disease and cancer. Using international mortality data, we show that most NCDs cause more deaths at every age in low- and middle-income tropical countries than in high-income Western countries. Causes of NCDs in low- and middle-income countries include poor nutrition and living environment, infections, insufficient taxation and regulation of tobacco and alcohol, and under-resourced and inaccessible healthcare. We identify a comprehensive set of actions across health, social, economic and environmental sectors that could confront NCDs in low- and middle-income tropical countries and reduce global health inequalities.
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