ReviewThe Lancet regional health. Western Pacific2024
Impact of COVID-19 on risks and deaths of non-communicable diseases in the Western Pacific region.
Review in The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Syndemics of Antimicrobial Resistance: Non-communicable Diseases, Social Deprivation, and the Rise of Multidrug-Resistant Infections.Infectious diseases and therapy · 2025Article
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- COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among non-communicable disease patients in Haiti.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
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- A scoping review of digital health applications for managing noncommunicable diseases in primary care post-pandemic: Lessons from the Western Pacific Region.Malaysian family physician : the official journal of the Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia · 2025Review
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- Current Trends in Chronic Non-Communicable Disease Management: A Bibliometric Analysis of the Past Two Decades.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2024Article
- Glycaemic monitoring and control among high-risk patients with type 2 diabetes in Australian general practice during COVID-19.Family medicine and community health · 2023Article
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9 authors at 7 institutions in 5 countries.
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Abstract
Countries and areas in the Western Pacific region (WPR) experienced the COVID-19 pandemic and took various preventive measures, which affected non-communicable diseases (NCDs) risks and mortality. Due to differences in COVID-19 prevention measures and other characteristics such as culture, religions, political systems, socioeconomic development, lifestyles, and health care systems, the effects of COVID-19 on NCDs varied greatly among WPR countries. Most countries had an increased all-cause and NCDs mortality during the pandemic, but some developed countries, including New Zealand, Singapore and Australia reported decreased mortality. The pandemic and the preventive measures increased NCD risk factors including unhealthy diet, lack of physical activity and sleep disorders. The effects varied by socioeconomic status and health conditions. COVID-19 related stress, food shortages, and confined lifestyle had immediate detrimental effects on NCDs, and also affected pregnancy outcomes with long-term effects on NCDs risks in coming years.
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