The impact of mobile health interventions on chronic disease outcomes in developing countries: a systematic review

A Beratarrechea, AG Lee, JM Willner… - Telemedicine and e …, 2014 - liebertpub.com
Introduction: Rates of chronic diseases will continue to rise in developing countries unless
effective and cost-effective interventions are implemented. This review aims to discuss the …

Cardiovascular, respiratory, and related disorders: key messages from Disease Control Priorities

D Prabhakaran, S Anand, D Watkins, T Gaziano, Y Wu… - The Lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
Cardiovascular, respiratory, and related disorders (CVRDs) are the leading causes of adult
death worldwide, and substantial inequalities in care of patients with CVRDs exist between …

Management of NCD in low-and middle-income countries

W Checkley, H Ghannem, V Irazola, S Kimaiyo… - Global heart, 2014 - Elsevier
Noncommunicable disease (NCD), comprising cardiovascular disease, stroke, diabetes,
and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, are increasing in incidence rapidly in low-and …

[HTML][HTML] Grand challenges: integrating mental health care into the non-communicable disease agenda

VK Ngo, A Rubinstein, V Ganju, P Kanellis… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
In the third article of a five-part series providing a global perspective on integrating mental
health, Victoria Ngo and colleagues discuss the benefits and requirements of collaborative …

Effect of a community health worker–led multicomponent intervention on blood pressure control in low-income patients in Argentina: a randomized clinical trial

J He, V Irazola, KT Mills, R Poggio, A Beratarrechea… - Jama, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Despite extensive knowledge of hypertension treatment, the prevalence of
uncontrolled hypertension is high and increasing in low-and middle-income countries …

Association between household air pollution exposure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease outcomes in 13 low-and middle-income country settings

T Siddharthan, MR Grigsby, D Goodman… - American journal of …, 2018 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Forty percent of households worldwide burn biomass fuels for energy, which may
be the most important contributor to household air pollution. Objectives: To examine the …

Multiple cardiometabolic risk factors in the Southern Cone of Latin America: a population-based study in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay

AL Rubinstein, VE Irazola, M Calandrelli… - International journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of death, and its mortality is increasing
in Latin America. However, population-based data on cardiovascular disease risk factors are …

Effectiveness of an mHealth intervention to improve the cardiometabolic profile of people with prehypertension in low-resource urban settings in Latin America: a …

A Rubinstein, JJ Miranda, A Beratarrechea… - The Lancet Diabetes & …, 2016 - thelancet.com
Background Poor diet and physical inactivity strongly affect the growing epidemic of
cardiovascular disease worldwide. Mobile phone-based health interventions (mHealth) …

Time to deliver: report of the WHO Independent High-Level Commission on NCDs

S Nishtar, S Niinistö, M Sirisena, T Vázquez… - The Lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
Recognising the lack of adequate global progress in combating non-communicable
diseases (NCDs) and the very real possibility that Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) …

Hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control in selected LMIC communities: results from the NHLBI/UHG Network of centers of excellence for chronic …

VE Irazola, L Gutierrez, G Bloomfield… - Global heart, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Hypertension is the leading cause of cardiovascular disease and premature
death worldwide. The prevalence of this public health problem is increasing in low-and …