Chronic diseases

Millions of Europeans are at risk of chronic digestive diseases

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Discover Nutrition and Chronic Digestive Diseases, a new report launched by United European Gastroenterology (UEG), outlines alarming information on current dietary choices across the EU. Vienna, 21 May 2019 – Poor nutritional choices, including a high intake of ultra-processed foods and trans-fats, are putting millions of Europeans at an increased risk of a range of chronic […]

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TABLO: Training Staff in the use of Arts for the Benefit of patients with Long-Term Conditions Long-term conditions (often known as chronic diseases) – as the name suggests – affect the sufferer over a long period of time and generally progress slowly. Some of them – cardiovascular diseases, cancer, chronic respiratory diseases, diabetes, mental illness

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European Heart Network

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Based in Brussels, the European Heart Network (EHN) is an alliance of member organisations including heart foundations and other non-governmental heart health organisations committed to the prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in Europe. To read its annual report for 2017, go to: European Heart Network

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4{ddf8d179d1bf712bb2a88ff2ad95ebdf63eaa5463c845d2f093b25848387ba96} annual decrease too slow to end TB by 2030

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A new report by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the WHO Regional Office for Europe indicates that the number of new tuberculosis (TB) patients has been decreasing at an average rate of 4.3{ddf8d179d1bf712bb2a88ff2ad95ebdf63eaa5463c845d2f093b25848387ba96} yearly in the last decade in the WHO European Region. Despite being the fastest decline in the world,

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Greater efforts to protect people from vaccine-preventable diseases

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The WHO European Region has made real, but uneven, progress towards EVAP goals and objectives, including measles and rubella elimination. As of the end of 2016, 42 of 53 countries had interrupted endemic measles transmission. However, following a record low of around 5000 cases in 2016, the disease rebounded in 2017, affecting more than 21

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Helping people with chronic disease stay in the workforce

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People with long-term health problems are at higher risk of poverty, social exclusion, severe material deprivation and unemployment. The rising prevalence of chronic diseases coupled with economic uncertainty exacerbates the problem. Innovative strategies are needed to help people with chronic diseases to remain professionally active. In 2015, in response, the Commission co-funded the PATHWAYS Project

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Deafness and hearing loss

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The WHO have updated their factsheet about deafness and hearing loss and key facts in it include: 360 million people worldwide have disabling hearing loss and 32 million of these are children Hearing loss may result from genetic causes, complications at birth, certain infectious diseases, chronic ear infections, the use of particular drugs, exposure to

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Global Action Plan to Prevent & Control NCDs

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Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) – mainly cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes – are the biggest cause of death worldwide. More than 36 million die annually from NCDs (63{ddf8d179d1bf712bb2a88ff2ad95ebdf63eaa5463c845d2f093b25848387ba96} of global deaths), including 14 million people who die too young before the age of 70. More than 90{ddf8d179d1bf712bb2a88ff2ad95ebdf63eaa5463c845d2f093b25848387ba96} of these premature deaths from NCDs

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