noncommunicable
non-communicable

The economic impact of noncommunicable diseases goes beyond the costs to health services.

Noncommunicable diseases such as cancer also are a major health issue in Jordan.

Noncommunicable diseases are a threat to development," he told the meeting.

Noncommunicable diseases need to be high on the agenda of other sectors than health.

Mental illness is both a disease and a contributor to other noncommunicable conditions.

Also, a trend has been observed toward a higher incidence of noncommunicable diseases.

Much is known about the prevention of noncommunicable diseases.

The project will lay the foundation for noncommunicable disease surveillance and a national laboratory network.

At the same time, a tide of noncommunicable diseases was flooding countries with little or no experience in facing them.

The burden of noncommunicable diseases is unevenly distributed across the Region.

In developed countries (including all of Europe), just seven risk factors are the main contributors to the burden from noncommunicable diseases.

Noncommunicable diseases, partly due to a lack of exercise, are currently the greatest public health problem in most countries around the world.

This is the case, for instance, for malaria control and noncommunicable diseases.

These programs include environmental health and communicable and noncommunicable disease prevention.

A year later, 36 million people died from noncommunicable diseases worldwide, representing nearly two-thirds of all reported global deaths.

If we could lower the obesity rates, we'd see the numbers of noncommunicable diseases and pain decrease as well."

Noncommunicable diseases challenge health systems, and chronic conditions absorb substantial amounts of their resources.

No one entity can reduce noncommunicable disease alone.

He called for urgent action to start solving "what will be the 21st century's greatest health challenge, namely noncommunicable diseases."

Noncommunicable diseases also threaten economic and social development.

A few common risk factors are responsible for the bulk of the burden of disease from noncommunicable conditions.

Technical meetings had also been held on avian influenza and noncommunicable diseases.

According to the report, 36 million people died from noncommunicable diseases in 2008, representing 63 percent of the 57 million global deaths that year.

If these noncommunicable diseases flourish at their current rate, low- and middle-income nations could lose about $7 trillion from 2011 to 2025.

Shifting the focus from treating noncommunicable diseases to preventing them could prove beneficial to the economy as well.