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N Khaltaev
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WHO strategy for prevention and control of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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Questionnaire on health systems and national resources for control of respiratory health in low-income countries.
BACKGROUND: Due to increased exposure to risk factors such as ageing and tobacco smoking, chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs) have become a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Data on CRDs and their management in developing countries (DC) are nevertheless sparse and not comparable. OBJECTIVE: To implement and validate a standardised self-administered questionnaire to be proposed to health authorities to assess the resources of their health system for dealing with respiratory diseases. METHODS: The questionnaire concerned social security, description of the health system, human resources available within the system, initial training and continuing education of health personnel, existence of a list of essential drugs, vaccine coverage and specific resources involved in CRD and tobacco control. RESULTS: The validity of the criteria of the questionnaire was tested in Reunion Island, where health data are accessible and reliable, and was found to be satisfactory. Its acceptability and relevance were deemed appropriate in Tunisia and in Mozambique. CONCLUSION: The self-administered questionnaire is a simple, reliable and cheap tool. Although designed for the study of respiratory diseases, it can easily be transposed and adapted to other pathologies.
Allergic rhinitis and its impact on asthma. In collaboration with the World Health Organization. Executive summary of the workshop report. 7-10 December 1999, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Allergic rhinitis and its impact on asthma.
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Interim report and recommendations of the World Health Organization Task-Force for Osteoporosis.
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Distribution and prevalence of major risk factors of noncommunicable diseases in selected countries: the WHO Inter-Health Programme.
The Inter-Health Programme was launched in 1986 by WHO, with the collaboration of a coordination centre (National Public Health Institute, Finland) to control and prevent chronic noncommunicable diseases (CNCDs) among adults. Programmes for action were organized based on the concept that most major CNCDs share common risk factors and that those that are lifestyle related are modifiable through efficient interventions using multifactorial strategies involving community participation and behaviour changes carried out at the primary health care level. Twelve countries from all WHO Regions have joined the programme. A baseline survey was undertaken in all countries with a common protocol, following the criteria and methods employed in the MONICA Project. Altogether 36815 men and women aged 35-64 years were included in the present analysis from the following Inter-Health countries: Chile, China, Cyprus, Finland, Lithuanian SSR, Malta, Mauritius, Russian SFSR, United Republic of Tanzania, and USA. In addition to individual country analysis, centralized analysis was carried out at the Finnish National Public Health Institute and the Department of Community Health, Kuopio University, Finland. Reported here are the mean values of blood pressure, body mass index, and serum total cholesterol as well as specific prevalences of smoking, hypertension, obesity, and hypercholesterolaemia.
World Health Organization and International League of Associations for Rheumatology core endpoints for symptom modifying antirheumatic drugs in rheumatoid arthritis clinical trials.
The WHO/ILAR core set of endpoints for rheumatoid arthritis clinical trials signifies progress in a continuing worldwide effort. This core set includes the following measures: pain, patient global assessment, physical disability, swollen joints, tender joints, acute phase reactants, and physician global assessment; in studies of one or more years' duration, radiographs of joints should be performed.