The "Global NCD action plan" provides a road map and a menu of policy options for countries to take in order to attain the 9 voluntary global targets, including that of a 25% relative reduction in premature mortality from cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory diseases by 2...025. The main focus of this action plan is on 4 types of NCDs (cardiovascular diseases, cancer, chronic respiratory diseases, diabetes) which make the largest contribution to morbidity and mortality due to NCDs, and on 4 shared behavioural risk factors (tobacco use, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, harmful use of alcohol).
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В подростковом возрасте и у молодых людей открывается масса новых возможностей – знакомства с новыми людьми, посещение новых мест и открытие своего жизненного пу...и. Однако, эти годы также могут быть периодом стресса. Если все эти возможности и задачи не вызывают у вас радости и азарта, а кажутся вам непреодолимо трудными, прочитайте этот материал.
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Resources for the Prevention and Treatment of Substance Use Disorders (SUD)
PAHO has developed a series of country profiles on diabetes that illustrate the growing burden of diabetes and diabetic kidney disease in countries in the Region of the Americas. The country profiles reveal that over the past 20 years, diabetes disability (excluding diabetic kidney disease) increase...d in all countries in the Region, in both men and women, while diabetic kidney disease increased in 31 of the countries. 33 countries analyzed.
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