Chronic Care Model Overview

2. Video: Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) (10 minutes)

Chronic diseases are by far the leading cause of death in the world, representing over 60% of all annual deaths. Of the 57 million deaths that occurred globally in 2008, 36 million were due to chronic diseases comprising mainly cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, chronic lung diseases and cancers (Alwan et al., 2010).

This next lecture highlights the growing burden of non-communicable diseases (e.g., diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, and cancers), prevalence, and risk factors in Jamaica.

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This lecture referenced the PAHO publication The Case for Investment in Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases in Jamaica: Evaluating the return on investment of selected tobacco, alcohol, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease interventions (which you can download and read).

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Source: Alwan A, Maclean DR, Riley LM, d'Espaignet ET, Mathers CD, Stevens GA, Bettcher D. Monitoring and surveillance of chronic non-communicable diseases: progress and capacity in high-burden countries. Lancet. 2010 Nov 27;376(9755):1861-8. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61853-3. Epub 2010 Nov 10. PMID: 21074258.