India: Increased household costs of NCDs
The share of household out-of-pocket health costs attributed to NCDs increased from 32% in 1995-1996 to 47% in 2004, according to new research... Prevention News
India: Hypertension in rural areas on par with high-income countries
The prevalence of hypertension among males in a rural community in northeast India was almost 31%, while the prevalence among females was almost 28%, according to new research... Prevention News
Bangladesh: The cost of preventing NCDs
Prevention programs targeting heart attack and stroke risk factors would cost US$3.95 per capita, according to new research... Prevention News
Papua New Guinea: Fines levied for breaking smoking laws
The Minister of Health warned that people who break the ban on smoking in public places could be fined up to US$500... Prevention News
Canada: Largest civil lawsuit against big tobacco begins
The country's three biggest tobacco companies face damages and penalties amounting to more than US$27 billion as Canada's largest civil lawsuit soon begins... Prevention News
Burkina Faso: Research and innovation fund established
A new fund to help meet the country's development needs was established during a meeting of the council of ministers in January 2012... Prevention News
Global; US: Congress urged to maintain global health funding
The Global Health Technologies Coalition (GHTC) - a group of non-profit health research organizations - is calling on US Congress to not proceed with cuts to global health funding as proposed in the 2013 federal budget... Prevention News
New Zealand: Declining cigarette sales
Cigarette sales decreased 11% from 2010 to 2011, largely thanks to several increases in the cost of tobacco over that timeframe... Prevention News
Spain: 600,000 quit smoking in 2011
Around 600,000 people quit smoking in 2011 thanks to a recent anti-tobacco law that made smoking illegal in bars, restaurants, and places such as children's playgrounds and hospitals... Prevention News
Global: Decreased health funding the result of financial crisis
Funding to improve health in developing countries grew between 2009 and 2011, albeit only in small increments because of the strain the global financial crisis placed on donor funding, according to new research... Prevention News
US: Community-based diabetes program could save US$5.7 billion
A nationwide community-based lifestyle program could delay or prevent diabetes and save the country US$5.7 billion over the next 25 years, according to new research... Prevention News
Turkey: Smoking on the decline
Since the Prevention and Control of Hazards of Tobacco Products law that was implemented four years ago, tobacco smoking has decreased 15% across the country, according Elif Dagli, chairwoman of the National Cigarette and Health Committee... Prevention News
US, UK: Statins cost four times more in the US
The cost of statins in the US is 400% more than in the UK, according to new research... Prevention News
France: New tax on soda approved
The Constitutional Council - France's top constitutional body - recently approved a new tax on sugar-sweetened beverages in an effort to reduce obesity and increase tax revenue... Prevention News
US: Direct CVD costs will triple to US$818 billion by 2030
Assuming no change in policy, four out of ten Americans will have some form of CVD by 2030 and direct medical costs attributed to CVD will triple to US$818 billion, according to new research... Prevention News
US: Tax food processers, not consumers
Instead of taxing sugary foods when purchased by consumers, researchers suggest a more effective approach would be to tax food processors on the amount of caloric sweeteners (such as corn syrup and sugar) used when making the products... Prevention News
Sub-Saharan Africa: Brain drain costs billions
Brain drain - in this case doctors leaving developing countries to work in high-income countries - costs Sub-Saharan Africa more than US$2 billion a year, according to new research... Prevention News
Sweden: Tobacco-related deaths increase but costs decline
The number of tobacco-related deaths increased from 2001 to 2007, however the cost of smoking as a share of the gross domestic product decreased, according to new research... Prevention News
Africa: Country debt prevents spending on healthcare
Africa's debt obligations to lending institutions such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank prevent public spending on essential services such as health and education, according to a new report... Prevention News
US: Chronic health conditions cost billions
Full-time workers with chronic health conditions or who are overweight cost more than US$153 billion in lost productivity every year, according to a new study of more than 100,000 workers... Prevention News
