Public Health Approaches to Non-Communicable Diseases

Public Health Approaches to Non-Communicable Diseases focuses on public health approaches for meeting the requirements of global non-communicable diseases (NCDs) agenda after United Nations high-level meeting on NCD with emphasis on specific requirements of developing countries. It stresses upon prevention and control of NCDs, mainly diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, cancer, stroke, chronic kidney diseases and mental health which assumed epidemic proportions globally. It also covers challenges in and road map for integration within different NCDs and addressing comorbidity with communicable diseases. Research methods for promoting research in NCDs have also been emphasised.

With an in-depth coverage of the subject, this book attempts to not only bridge the knowledge/information gap in public health approach of NCDs but fulfils requirements of programme managers, faculty and postgraduate students in medical and public health schools in developing countries. It is certainly an important resource and standard reference book for short NCD courses with a public health focus.

About the Author

JS Thakur, MD (Community Medicine), DNB (Family Medicine), is a Professor at School of Public Health, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India. He is a renowned authority in Public Health who had a strong and long association with WHO country office for India as Cluster Coordinator, and National Professional Officer for its nodal programmes in non-communicable diseases (20092012). Dr Thakur is a Fellow/Member of professional organisations such as Indian Public Health Association, Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine and International Epidemiological Association. He is the founder President of World NCD Federation. He has over 100 publications to his credit in peer-reviewed international and national journals and has several awards to his credit. He initiated an annual course titled Public Health Approaches to Non-Communicable Diseases under a joint collaboration between PGIMER and All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.