Brazil : Addressing the Challenge of Non-Communicable Diseases in Brazil

Non-communicable diseases account for a large and growing share of Brazil's burden of disease. Currently, about 66 percent of the disease burden in Brazil is due to non-communicable diseases, compared to 24 percent from communicable diseases and 10% from injuries. Brazil's shift towards non-communicable diseases is a consequence of urbanization, improvements in health care, changing lifestyles, and globalization. Most of this disease burden i s not an inevitable result of a modern, aging society, but preventable-often at low cost. The purpose of this report is to provide an overview of the changing non-communicable disease burden in Brazil and its root causes, to examine costs and effectiveness of alternative policy interventions to address this growing burden, and the costs disease and potential returns from expanding non-communicable disease prevention and control activities, and to consider policy implication of expanding activities to effectively address the shifting burden.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2005-11
Subjects:	ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES, ADOLESCENCE, ADOLESCENT, ADULT MORTALITY, ADULTHOOD, AGE GROUPS, AGE STRUCTURE, AGED, AGING, ALCOHOL, ALCOHOL USE, ANXIETY, BIRTHS, BURDEN OF DISEASE, CANCER, CANCERS, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, CARE PROVIDERS, CARE SERVICES, CHILD DEATHS, CHILDREN PER WOMAN, CHRONIC DISEASES, CITIES, COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL, COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, COMMUNITY INTERVENTIONS, COST-EFFECTIVENESS, CRIME, DEMAND FOR TREATMENT, DEPRESSION, DIABETES, DIABETES MELLITUS, DIET, DISEASE INCIDENCE, DRUGS, EARLY DETECTION, ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES, EXPENDITURES, FAMILY HEALTH, FINANCE, HEALTH, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH CARE DELIVERY, HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, HEALTH CARE SERVICES, HEALTH CONDITIONS, HEALTH MESSAGES, HEALTH OUTCOMES, HEALTH PLAN, HEALTH POLICIES, HEALTH PROMOTION, HEALTH PROMOTION ACTIVITIES, HEALTH SECTOR, HEALTH SERVICES, HEALTH STATUS, HEALTH SYSTEM, HEALTHY LIFESTYLES, HEART DISEASE, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, HYPERTENSION, INFANT MORTALITY, INFECTIONS, INFECTIOUS DISEASES, INHABITANTS, INJURIES, INTERVENTION, LIFE EXPECTANCY, LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH, LIFESTYLES, LIVE BIRTHS, LIVING STANDARDS, MALNUTRITION, MCH, MEDICAL CARE, MENTAL, MENTAL HEALTH, MORBIDITY, MORTALITY, MORTALITY RATE, MORTALITY RATES, NATIONAL HEALTH, OBESITY, OVERWEIGHT, PATIENTS, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, PRIMARY CARE, PRODUCTIVITY, PUBLIC HEALTH, RISK FACTOR, RISK FACTORS, RISK REDUCTION, SCHOOLS, SCREENING, SEX, SMOKERS, SMOKING, SMOKING CESSATION, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL MARKETING, TFR, TOBACCO, TOBACCO CONSUMPTION, TOBACCO CONTROL, TOBACCO TAXES, TOBACCO USE, TOTAL FERTILITY RATE, URBANIZATION, VEGETABLES, VIOLENCE, YOUNG ADULTS, YOUTH,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/11/6492335/brazil-addressing-challenge-non-communicable-diseases-brazil https://hdl.handle.net/10986/8334
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