MedCHAMPS is an FP7 Health Programme topic - Specific International Co-operation Actions (SICA) for health systems research - with Mediterranean Partner countries
Presentations given in the PMC and ProMAC meetings, minutes of meetings and telephone conference calls, general documents for information, etc, can be accessed through the confidential shared platform of DropBox.
The Lancet Palestinian Health Alliance (LPHA) Third Conference was held 18th-19th March 2013 at Birzeit University, oPt. The theme for this meeting - "Health of Palestinians inside and outside the Occupied Palestinian Territory".
Here's a useful publication from BMC Health Services Research that Kath Bennett has passed on for your interest: "Use of health systems evidence by policy makers in eastern Mediterranean countries: views, practices, and contextual influences" El-Jardali F, et al. June 2012.
These WHO Appendices from WHO Bulletin 2012 might be useful for you. More information can be got from Simon Capewell. The title of the article is "Potential cardiovascular mortality reductions with stricter food policies in the United Kingdom".
This document published by the LSHTM might be useful for the group in relation to health policy and systems in low and middle income countries: Health Policy and Systems Research: a methodology reader
If you haven't already seen these, here are WHO documents: "A prioritized research agenda for prevention and control of non-communicable diseases" ; WHO Discussion Paper and Annex 1on a comprehensive global monitoring framework and voluntary global targets for the prevention and control of NCDs.
Sarah Bowman recently presented a poster at the International Epidemiology Association Conference in Edinburgh, on behalf of the MedCHAMPS Project. She says "there were some very interesting and useful sessions at the conference, which had a broad range of topics and some excellent speakers. Her comments can be found here, and her poster here.
This article by Radwan Al Ali, Samer Rastam, Fouad M. Fouad, Fawaz Mzayek and Wasim Maziak has been published in the International Journal of Public Health, and is the second published article from SCTS with partial support by MedCHAMPS that is acknowledged at the end.
Alarming cardiovascular trends in Eastern Mediterranean countries, MedCHAMPS Collaboration (Unal B, Husseini A, Fouad F, Ben Romdhane H, Critchley J, O’Flaherty M, Maziak W, Capewell S) accepted for poster presentation by Belgin Unal at the 4th Joint European Public Health Conference 2011, Copenhagen, November 2011.
“…..Weights of individuals in developing countries have shown an upward shift with corresponding increases in prevalence of overweight and obesity in developing countries (1–5). These overall assessments, however, mask the substantial variation within and between developing countries, especially along socioeconomic dimensions (2). In several developing countries (6–11), weight status is positively associated with socioeconomic status (SES), which is in stark contrast to the patterns observed in developed countries ..."
For the full publication follow this link to the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 93; 2011
Simon has suggested that you might like to access the information on the Supercourse web site:
Supercourse is repository of lectures on global health and prevention designed to improve the teaching of prevention. Supercourse has a network of over 56000 scientists in 174 countries who are sharing for free a library of 4832 lectures in 31 languages. The Supercourse has been produced at the WHO Collaborating Center University of Pittsburgh, with core developers Ronald LaPorte, Ph.D., Faina Linkov, Ph.D., Mita Lovalekar, M.D., Ph.D. and Eugene Shubnikov M.D.. Please contact us at super1@pitt.edu"
You may be interested in the latest global status report on noncommunicable diseases, issued by the World Health Organisation. Click here to access this report.
have just published a series on Global health estimates. We can perhaps a) cite these when drafting our own publications? b) think about PLoS as a target?
National, regional, and global trends in body-mass index since 1980: systematic analysis of health examination surveys and epidemiological studies with 960 country-yearsand 9·1 million participants. Mariel M Finucane,* Gretchen A Stevens,* Melanie J Cowan, Goodarz Danaei, John K Lin, Christopher J Paciorek, Gitanjali M Singh,Hialy R Gutierrez, Yuan Lu, Adil N Bahalim, Farshad Farzadfar, Leanne M Riley, Majid Ezzati, on behalf of the Global Burden of Metabolic Risk Factors of Chronic Diseases Collaborating Group (Body Mass Index)
Background: Excess bodyweight is a major public health concern. However, few worldwide comparative analyses of long-term trends of body-mass index (BMI) have been done, and none have used recent national health examination surveys. We estimated worldwide trends in population mean BMI.
National, regional, and global trends in systolic blood pressure since 1980: systematic analysis of health examination surveys and epidemiological studies with 786 country-years and 5·4 million participants. Goodarz Danaei*, Mariel M Finucane*, John K Lin*, Gitanjali M Singh*, Christopher J Paciorek, Melanie J Cowan, Farshad Farzadfar, Gretchen A Stevens, Stephen S Lim, Leanne M Riley, Majid Ezzati, on behalf of the Global Burden of Metabolic Risk Factors of Chronic Diseases Collaborating Group (Blood Pressure)
Summary: Background Data for trends in blood pressure are needed to understand the eff ects of its dietary, lifestyle, and pharmacological determinants; set intervention priorities; and evaluate national programmes. However, few worldwide analyses of trends in blood pressure have been done. We estimated worldwide trends in population mean systolic blood pressure (SBP).
National, regional, and global trends in serum total cholesterol since 1980: systematic analysis of health examination surveys and idemiological studies with 321 country-years and 3·0 million participants. Farshad Farzadfar*, Mariel M Finucane*, Goodarz Danaei, Pamela M Pelizzari, Melanie J Cowan, Christopher J Paciorek, Gitanjali M Singh, John K Lin, Gretchen A Stevens, Leanne M Riley, Majid Ezzati, on behalf of the Global Burden of Metabolic Risk Factors of Chronic Diseases Collaborating Group (Cholesterol)
Summary: Background Data for trends in serum cholesterol are needed to understand the eff ects of its dietary, lifestyle, and pharmacological determinants; set intervention priorities; and evaluate national programmes. Previous analyses of trends in serum cholesterol were limited to a few countries, with no consistent and comparable global analysis. We estimated worldwide trends in population mean serum total cholesterol.
In September 2011, the UN will hold its first High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on chronic non-communicable diseases. The Lancet's Series of papers is their contribution to preparations for the September meeting. These papers cover a range of diseases - cardiovascular, diabetes, cancer, and chronic obstructive respiratory diseases - and present strategies for substantial health gains, monitoring, and scaling up of interventions.
This recently published Series 3, of the chronic disease and development theme, can be found at http://www.thelancet.com/series/chronic-diseases-and-development.
(In case you have any problems accessing this site, we have put the individual publications into our Dropbox area in the main MedCHAMPS folder for you to access.)
And a message from Paul Lincoln, Chief Executive Officer of the National Heart Foundation:
"As you will all be aware. The Lancet Launch on the Chronic Disease Series 3 was a great success, with engaging speakers and guests alike.
The Heartforum website now has all of the presentations, podcasts and papers to truly reflect the launch of the series and can be viewed using the following link:
http://www.heartforum.org.uk/networking/events/the-lancet-chronic-disease-series-3-chronic-diseases-and-development-event/
The National Heart Forum has established a UK Task Force on Chronic Disease and Development to coordinate UK advocacy efforts in the run up to the UN Summit in September 2011. This website will be kept up dated with progress on the Agenda as we move towards the Summit, and you are encouraged to keep this website posted as a favourite."
Two abstracts were accepted for the 54th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society of Social Medicine (SocSocMed), held 6th-8th September 2010 in Belfast. See SocSocMed 2010 for details of the conference, and follow the link to see Nigel Unwin's abstract which was presented by Julia Critchley:
"A policy effectiveness-feasibility loop? Promoting the use of evidence to support the development of health public policy". Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2010; 64 Vol1: A20.
And follow this link to see Martin O'Flaherty's abstract:
"Forecasting diabetes prevalence using a simple model: England and Wales 1993-2006". Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2010; 64 Vol1: A7.
Peter Phillimore and Zaman had an Abstract accepted for the European Association of Social Anthropologists 11th Biennial Conference “Crisis and imagination” held in Maynooth, Northern Ireland on 24th-27th August 2010. Follow this link to the Abstract.
The epidemic of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a global phenomenon, and the magnitude of its increase in incidence and prevalence in low- and middle-income countries (LIMIC) has potentially major implications for those high-income countries that characterize much of the developed
world. For the full publication follow this link to : Bernard J. Gersh, Karen Sliwa, Bongani M. Mayosi, and Salim Yusuf. The epidemic of cardiovascular disease in the developing world: global implications. European Heart Journal, 2010; 31: 642–648.
Capewell S, Ford, E.S, Croft J.B, Critchley J.A, Greenlund K.J, Labarthe D.R. Cardiovascular risk factor trends and potential for reducing coronary heart disease mortality in the United States of America. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2010; 88: 120-130.
A 400-page document from the Committee on Preventing Global Epidemic of Cardiovascular Disease: Meeting the Challenges in Developing Countries; Institute of Medicine, entitled "Promoting Cardiovascular Health in the Developing World: A Critical Challenge to Achieve Global Health" can be found as a free .pdf download. Editors: Fuster, V and Kelly, B.B. 2010. ISBN 0-309-14775-1
MedCHAMPS is an FP7 Health Programme topic - Specific International Co-operation Actions (SICA) for health systems research - with Mediterranean Partner countries