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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• Cancer information and resources
• Diabetes information and resources

Recent News

• PAHO releases toolkit to enhance management of cardiovascular risk and hypertension in the Americas
  PAHO news, January 31, 2024
• Research opportunities for the primordial prevention of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease—streptococcal vaccine development: a national heart, lung and blood institute workshop report, co-authored by Fogarty’s Geetha Bansal
  BMJ Global Health, December 12, 2023
• Eradicating Rheumatic Heart Disease, highlighting work of the NHBLI Workshop P on Eradication of Rheumatic Heart Disease, co-authored by Fogarty’s Geetha Bansal
  NHBLI news, November 1, 2023
• Global Effect of Modifiable Risk Factors on Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality, co-authored by NIMHD’s Larissa Avilés-Santa
  New England Journal of Medicine, October 5, 2023
• Data on non-communicable diseases: A missed opportunity in Pakistan, co-authored by Fogarty grantees Taimoor Ahmad and Zainab Samad
  Journal of Global Health, September 1, 2023

NIH News and Resources

• Cookstove/Indoor Air Pollution (IAP) Information and Resources
• National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
• NHLBI Global Health Initiative: Reducing Chronic Diseases Must Be a Global Priority
• 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
• 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

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)
• Noncommunicable Diseases Data Portal
• UN Interagency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of NCDs from the WHO
• WHO information on noncommunicable diseases
  

Updated February 7, 2024