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VOL. 3, ISSUE 1 (2018)
Inter-country comparison of non-communicable diseases
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Eric Sarkodie
Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of the study is to obtain data from World Health Organization (WHO) and make an inter-country comparison of non-communicable. Methodology/Approach: An incorporated research that involve collecting and retrieving of data from secondary sources to make comparisons between countries in relation with NCDs and the responsiveness of countries to alleviating NCDs risk factors. WHO developed NCDs questionnaire which was translated into various languages and forwarded to the focal point and concern colleagues in health ministries, national institute or agencies in its member states for collection of data. Findings: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are among the major health menace that has attracted global attention, NCDs such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes are responsible for most deaths worldwide. This hampers the development of lower and middle income countries especially, though the developed economies have high tendency to record more NCDs but has proper logistics, control and preventive measures to curb the threat caused by NCDs. Research Limitations: The details of this research and the result obtained as drawn from the figures provided by WHO Global Status Report on noncommunicable diseases, noncommunicable diseases, country profile and few other research papers. Economic growth and efficiency in production can be increased when various countries have appropriate health care systems and infrastructure to restrain NCDs. Practical Application: The findings will aid policy makers and partners to identify the real challenges and the regions which are deeply affected by NCDs. The WHO is making all effort through surveillance, evaluation and monitoring to identify the countries capacity, gaps, preventive and control mechanisms to eradicate risk factors. OriginalityValue: The research is not unique or does not strictly deviate from the outcomes established in the various reports on NCDs published by WHO but it goes further to extrapolate analysis prevailing in those reports.
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Pages:322-331
How to cite this article:
Eric Sarkodie "Inter-country comparison of non-communicable diseases". International Journal of Academic Research and Development, Vol 3, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 322-331
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