Non Transmissible Chronic Diseases: Current Magnitude and Future Trends
The treatment to non-transmissible chronic diseases is currently on of the greatest challenges faced by the health systems worldwide. This is due to the fact that these diseases affect all age groups, all regions and countries regardless their level of development. Cuba is not the exception. The Wor...
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| author | Miguel Ángel Serra Valdés Melissa Serra Ruíz Marleny Viera García |
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| description | The treatment to non-transmissible chronic diseases is currently on of the greatest challenges faced by the health systems worldwide. This is due to the fact that these diseases affect all age groups, all regions and countries regardless their level of development. Cuba is not the exception. The World Health Organization, however, points out that there is an inadequate management of these ailments, for different reasons, in most of the health systems. The objective of this article is the awareness of the current and future problem of chronic diseases where health promotion and prevention still is the main weapon to fight the challenge. The importance of these elements should be taken into consideration from the personnel in training, the need to set present and future strategies to guarantee the health of our population, mainly from the primary health care attention and organizations linked to them. The most affected population should be aware of what suffering from a chronic disease represents in general. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-de6976a802c64af68d3d57e2a84609b02025-01-30T21:21:59ZspaUniversidad de las Ciencias Médicas de CienfuegosRevista Finlay2221-24342018-04-0182140148357Non Transmissible Chronic Diseases: Current Magnitude and Future TrendsMiguel Ángel Serra Valdés0Melissa Serra Ruíz1Marleny Viera García2Hospital General Docente Enrique Cabrera. La Habana.Hospital General Docente Enrique Cabrera. La Habana.Hospital General Docente Enrique Cabrera. La Habana.The treatment to non-transmissible chronic diseases is currently on of the greatest challenges faced by the health systems worldwide. This is due to the fact that these diseases affect all age groups, all regions and countries regardless their level of development. Cuba is not the exception. The World Health Organization, however, points out that there is an inadequate management of these ailments, for different reasons, in most of the health systems. The objective of this article is the awareness of the current and future problem of chronic diseases where health promotion and prevention still is the main weapon to fight the challenge. The importance of these elements should be taken into consideration from the personnel in training, the need to set present and future strategies to guarantee the health of our population, mainly from the primary health care attention and organizations linked to them. The most affected population should be aware of what suffering from a chronic disease represents in general.https://revfinlay.sld.cu/index.php/finlay/article/view/561enfermedad crónicaterapéuticaprevención de enfermedadespromoción de la salud |
| spellingShingle | Miguel Ángel Serra Valdés Melissa Serra Ruíz Marleny Viera García Non Transmissible Chronic Diseases: Current Magnitude and Future Trends Revista Finlay enfermedad crónica terapéutica prevención de enfermedades promoción de la salud |
| title | Non Transmissible Chronic Diseases: Current Magnitude and Future Trends |
| title_full | Non Transmissible Chronic Diseases: Current Magnitude and Future Trends |
| title_fullStr | Non Transmissible Chronic Diseases: Current Magnitude and Future Trends |
| title_full_unstemmed | Non Transmissible Chronic Diseases: Current Magnitude and Future Trends |
| title_short | Non Transmissible Chronic Diseases: Current Magnitude and Future Trends |
| title_sort | non transmissible chronic diseases current magnitude and future trends |
| topic | enfermedad crónica terapéutica prevención de enfermedades promoción de la salud |
| url | https://revfinlay.sld.cu/index.php/finlay/article/view/561 |
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