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Chronic, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) news, resources and funding for global health researchers

Chronic, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are steadily increasing around the world, and developing countries are bearing much of the cost with 80 percent of deaths occurring there. NCDs such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes and lung disorders are expected to cause three-quarters of the disease burden in low- and middle-income countries by 2030.

NCDs cause untold pain, suffering, disability and hardship for millions of people. In addition, the economic costs are staggering, both in terms of lost productivity and rising health care expenses. Unless action is taken to reduce the toll of NCDs, a World Bank study estimates NCDs will cost the global economy about $35 trillion from 2005 to 2030. A number of NIH research and research training programs are working to address these health issues.

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• Diabetes information and resources

Top News

• WHO reveals leading causes of death and disability worldwide: 2000-2019, showing NCDs make up seven of the world’s top 10 causes of death
  WHO news, December 9, 2020
• Proactive prevention: Act now to disrupt the impending noncommunicable disease crisis in low-burden populations [Open access], co-authored by Fogarty's Dr Brad Newsome
  PLoS One via PubMed, December 1, 2020
• Chronic disease research and training projects receive $14M investment from NIH
  Sep / Oct 2020 Global Health Matters
• Profile: Type 2 diabetes syndemic in India characterized by Fogarty Scholar Dr Emily Mendenhall
  Sep / Oct 2020 Global Health Matters
• Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD) 2018-19 Annual Report
  GACD news, April 15, 2019
• Fogarty programs spur noncommunicable diseases (NCD) research, build capacity
  Mar / Apr 2019 Global Health Matters
• Review: Fogarty Noncommunicable Diseases and Disorders Research Training Programs, published April 2019
• Profile: Fogarty Fellow Dr Shuchi Anand studies chronic kidney disease in India
  Jan / Feb 2019 Global Health Matters
• Global stroke risk estimates vary by geographic region
  Jan / Feb 2019 Global Health Matters
• Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD) Hypertension Programme Report
  GACD news, September 27, 2018
• Research to guide practice: enhancing HIV/AIDS platform to address non-communicable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa [Open access], generated by a project led by Fogarty’s Center for Global Health Studies
  Supplement to AIDS, July 1, 2018
• Healthy habits in teens help reduce noncommunicable disease burden
  Mar / Apr 2018 Global Health Matters
• Profile: Armed with career development award, former Fogarty Fellow fights rheumatic heart disease in Malawi
  Mar / Apr 2018 Global Health Matters
• Focus: Fogarty is building research capacity to fight noncommunicable diseases
  Nov / Dec 2017 Global Health Matters
• Customizing stroke prevention research in Pakistani population
• Energizing psychiatric research in Egypt, India
• Training Africans to fight NCDs in Africa
• Examining diet's role in NCDs in Nigeria
• Studying food industry’s impact on obesity in Latin America
• Lower-income countries that face the most rapid shift in noncommunicable disease burden are also the least prepared
  Health Affairs, November 6, 2017
• Grantee news: Teen childbirth linked to increased risk for heart disease
  American Heart Association news, November 1, 2017
• Cardiologist Dr Thomas Gaziano examines cost-effective strategies
  Jul / Aug 2017 Global Health Matters
• Profile: Fogarty Fellow Dr Lily Gutnik boosts breast cancer screening in Malawi
  Jul / Aug 2017 Global Health Matters
• NIH funds research network to reduce stroke in Africa
  Nov / Dec 2016 Global Health Matters
• Fogarty awards $3.8M in exploratory grants for chronic disease and injury research
  Fogarty news, November 3, 2016
• Grantee news: Mexico's soda tax could reduce diabetes, heart disease and health costs, new study [supported in part by Fogarty] finds
  University of California San Francisco news, November 1, 2016
• Planning grants for global noncommunicable disease research centers announced by National Cancer Institute
  NCI Center for Global Health news, September 21, 2016
• Q and A with Dr Alain Beaudet on the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases
  May / Jun 2016 Global Health Matters
• GACD to fund mental health research
  Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases news, April 14, 2016
• Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases partners publish hypertension findings
  Jan / Feb 2016 Global Health Matters
• Related journal article: Behaviour change strategies for reducing blood pressure-related disease burden: findings from a global implementation research programme
  Implementation Science, November 9, 2015
• The Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases: a partnership blossoms
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
  Jan / Feb 2016 Global Health Matters
• Profile: Fogarty Scholar Dr John Stanifer studies kidney disease in Tanzania
  Jan / Feb 2016 Global Health Matters
• Research to guide practice: Enhancing HIV/AIDS platforms to address NCDs in low-resource settings
  an NIH, PEPFAR, LMIC collaboration
• Related news: Reducing stroke risk in people living with HIV by enhancing HIV care delivery systems to address NCDs
  CDC Global Health news, October 29, 2015

Related Fogarty News and Information

• NIH aims to increase collaboration on chronic diseases
  Nov / Dec 2015 Global Health Matters
• Profile: Fogarty Fellow Dr Akwi Asombang advances cancer research in Zambia
  Nov / Dec 2015 Global Health Matters
• Chinese study shows folic acid helps reduce stroke risk
  Sep / Oct 2015 Global Health Matters
• Profile: Fogarty Scholar Dr Emily Vogtmann studies cancer threats
  Sep / Oct 2015 Global Health Matters
• Queen of Spain visits NIH to discuss cancer research
  Sep / Oct 2015 Global Health Matters
• Burkitt's lymphoma studies may also advance research on other cancers, HIV, malaria
  May / Jun 2015 Global Health Matters
• Global Standardized Hypertension Treatment Project Toolkit
  from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Grant awards for Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD) / NIH Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health to support Type 2 diabetes research
  Updated October 9, 2014
• Chronic diseases threaten progress against HIV/AIDS:
  Scientists propose urgent NCD research agenda
  Sep / Oct 2014 Global Health Matters
• Scientists detail urgent research agenda to better understand, address chronic disease toll: HIV patients in developing countries facing new health risks must be a high priority
  Fogarty/NIH news, August 14, 2014
• Related journal articles: HIV and Noncommunicable Disease Comorbidities in the Era of Antiretroviral Therapy: A Vital Agenda for Research in Low- and Middle-Income Country Settings
  Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, Supplement 1, September 1, 2014
• Fogarty awards five new chronic disease training grants
  Fogarty news, June 20, 2014
• NIH joins global effort to fund diabetes research
  Jan / Feb 2014 Global Health Matters
• WHO's Chan urges greater focus on chronic diseases
  Nov / Dec 2013 Global Health Matters
• Chronic disease battle needs global collaboration
  Jul / Aug 2013 Global Health Matters
• Nations vote unanimously to fight chronic disease
  Jul / Aug 2013 Global Health Matters
• Global disease study reveals successes, challenges
  Jan / Feb 2013 Global Health Matters
• Confronting the shifting disease burden
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
  Jan / Feb 2013 Global Health Matters
• $14M awarded for chronic disease research training through NCD-Lifespan program
  Sep / Oct 2012 Global Health Matters
• US-Irish cancer collaboration agreement is renewed
  Fogarty news, January 11, 2012
• Accelerating progress on noncommunicable diseases
  The Lancet, September 19, 2011
  co-authored by Fogarty Dir Dr Roger I Glass on the September 2011 United Nations High-level Meeting on NCDs
• Focus on Chronic Diseases
  Sep / Oct 2011 Global Health Matters
• NCDs: A silent scourge threatening to overwhelm global health
• Reducing the guesswork of rating heart disease
• The chronic challenge of household air pollution
• Confronting South Asia's diabetes epidemic
• Building the capacity to battle cancer
• Shining a spotlight on NCDs: opinion by Fogarty Director Dr. Roger I. Glass
• Focus on Chronic Diseases
  Jul / Aug 2009 Global Health Matters
• Fogarty program aids study of chronic illnesses
• Chronic diseases: a 21st century epidemic
• Chronic diseases take economic toll
• Diseases of aging on the rise

NIH News and Resources

• Global Health: Time to Pay Attention to Chronic Diseases
  NIH Director's Blog, July 1, 2014
• Cookstove/Indoor Air Pollution (IAP) Information and Resources
• Household Air Pollution in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Health Risks and Research Priorities
  PLOS Medicine, June 4, 2013
• National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
• NHLBI Global Health Initiative: Reducing Chronic Diseases Must Be a Global Priority
• International genome consortium discovers new genes that control blood pressure
  NIH News release, Monday, September 12, 2011
• Heart and Vascular Diseases
• Overweight and Obesity
• NHLBI AIDS program
• NHLBI AIDS Program Addresses Increasing Burden of Chronic Disease for HIV-Infected Individuals
  NHLBI Spotlight on Research
• National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• NCI Center for Global Health
• NCI Center for Global Health Spotlight blog
• Focus on Cancer
  Jan / Feb 2011 Global Health Matters
• Cancer takes growing toll in developing world
• Partnerships aim to build cancer expertise abroad
• Researchers advance cancer care in Bangladesh
• Considering culture when providing cancer care
• Guest opinion: Health diplomacy: where science meets culture, by Dr Jorge Gomez
• Comprehensive Cancer Research Areas information
• National Institutes of Health (NIH) Topic Information
• Diabetes Information
• Respiratory Diseases Information
• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Mental Health Topics
• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Environmental Factors and Chronic Diseases and Conditions
• NIH Genomic Mapping Finds Set of Genes Related to Chronic Disease
  NIH News, August 4, 2010

Other US Government Resources

• CDC Global Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs)
  U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Global Health Protection (DGHP)

Other Online Resources

• Council on Foreign Relations: Noncommunicable Diseases
• Global Alliance for Chronic Disease (GACD)
• Pan American Health Organization (PAHO): noncommunicable diseases
• World Health Organization (WHO)
• UN Interagency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of NCDs from the WHO
• WHO information on noncommunicable diseases