TY - JOUR
T1 - Systemic solutions for addressing non-communicable diseases in low-and middle-income countries
AU - Ganju, Aakash
AU - Goulart, Alessandra C.
AU - Ray, Amrit
AU - Majumdar, Anurita
AU - Jeffers, Barrett W.
AU - Llamosa, Gloria
AU - Cañizares, Henry
AU - Ramos-Cañizares, Ianne Jireh
AU - Fadhil, Ibtihal
AU - Subramaniam, Kannan
AU - Lim, Lee Ling
AU - Bizri, Luna El
AU - Ramesh, M.
AU - Guilford, Mathew
AU - Ali, Raghib
AU - Devi, Ratna Duddi
AU - Malik, Rayaz A.
AU - Potkar, Shekhar
AU - Wang, Yuan Pang
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank Professor Phua Kai Hong, Health and Social Policy, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, Singapore for his valuable insights during the Expert Forum meeting, which were critical for drafting this article. The authors sincerely appreciate the medical writing support provided by Dr Sajita Setia, Executive Director, Transform Medical Communications, Auckland, New Zealand, and editorial support provided by Dr Veena Angle, Singapore on behalf of Transform Medical Communications.
Funding Information:
This article is based on the dialogue that occurred at the “Expert Forum on NCDs in Emerging Nations” convened by Pfizer in Dubai, UAE, 27–28 September 2019 and attended by all authors. Honoraria were provided by Pfizer to the external experts for their attendance at the meeting No author received an honorarium for the preparation of the article. Dr Amrit Ray, Dr Anurita Majumdar, Dr Barrett W Jeffers, Dr Kannan Subramaniam and Dr Shekhar Potkar are employees of Pfizer. The authors report no other conflicts of interest in this work. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not represent or reflect in any way the official policy or position of their current or previous employers. Editorial and medical writing support was provided by Transform Medical Communications, which was funded by Pfizer.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Ganju et al.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have been on the rise in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) over the last few decades and represent a significant healthcare concern. Over 85% of “premature” deaths worldwide due to NCDs occur in the LMICs. NCDs are an economic burden on these countries, increasing their healthcare expenditure. However, targeting NCDs in LMICs is challenging due to evolving health systems and an emphasis on acute illness. The major issues include limitations with universal health cover-age, regulations, funding, distribution and availability of the healthcare workforce, and availability of health data. Experts from across the health sector in LMICs formed a Think Tank to understand and examine the issues, and to offer potential opportunities that may address the rising burden of NCDs in these countries. This review presents the evidence and posits pragmatic solutions to combat NCDs.
AB - Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have been on the rise in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) over the last few decades and represent a significant healthcare concern. Over 85% of “premature” deaths worldwide due to NCDs occur in the LMICs. NCDs are an economic burden on these countries, increasing their healthcare expenditure. However, targeting NCDs in LMICs is challenging due to evolving health systems and an emphasis on acute illness. The major issues include limitations with universal health cover-age, regulations, funding, distribution and availability of the healthcare workforce, and availability of health data. Experts from across the health sector in LMICs formed a Think Tank to understand and examine the issues, and to offer potential opportunities that may address the rising burden of NCDs in these countries. This review presents the evidence and posits pragmatic solutions to combat NCDs.
KW - Low-and middle-income countries
KW - Multisectoral
KW - Non-communicable diseases
KW - Public–private partnership
KW - Universal health coverage
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U2 - 10.2147/JMDH.S252300
DO - 10.2147/JMDH.S252300
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85088972634
SN - 1178-2390
VL - 13
SP - 693
EP - 707
JO - Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare
JF - Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare
ER -