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  • For hypertension, prevention is the best medicine

    Farasha Bashir October 28, 2019     No Comment     NCDs

    One of the leading causes of premature deaths in men and women across the world is the “silent killer” hypertension. It is so prevalent that 1 in 4 men and 1 in 5 women have hypertension. The World Health Organization estimates that it is the cause of 7.5 million deaths annually, which is about 12.8%

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  • Understanding risk factors for stroke death in Bangladesh

    Farasha Bashir October 29, 2017     No Comment     NCDs

    Bangladesh has come a long way in improving its health indicators over the last 40 years. The achievements in the health sector were made possible due to the priority given to communicable diseases by both the Government of Bangladesh as well as non-government organisations. However, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, chronic respiratory

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  • icddr,b initiates Café Scientifique on health issues

    Monjur Ahmed April 5, 2017     No Comment     Events, NCDs

    Although structured moderation is important for communication between specialists, it can also stifle the spontaneous sharing and open engagement necessary for genuine scientific knowledge sharing to the general public. Café Scientifique is a model for public engagement between scientists and the general public that has been successfully implemented in developed countries. It gathers non-specialists and

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  • The urban-rural divide in non-communicable diseases

    Zain Ali January 5, 2017     No Comment     NCDs

    In the past few decades, Bangladesh has made enormous advances in public health and economic development. According to the 2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDG) progress report for Bangladesh, the country has seen remarkable progress in increasing life expectancy and reducing infant and maternal mortality. This success has been attributed to a number of innovative public

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