Non-communicable diseases

Chemotherapy and radiation require frequent doctor’s visits, which can get interrupted when disaster strikes.

This factsheet highlights chronic kidney disease of non-traditional cause (CKDnt) affects millions of outdoor manual workers in tropical environments.

Climate change is the single biggest health threat facing humanity, and health professionals worldwide are already responding to the health harms caused by this unfolding crisis.

A new study reveals that the risk of suffering a heat-induced heart attack has increased significantly in recent years. But researchers did not see comparable changes in cold weather heart attack risks. The study suggests that authorities should give greater consideration to high temperatures as a trigger for heart attacks, especially in view of climate change.

A new study finds that hospitalizations for cardiovascular disease rose precipitously in Orleans and Jefferson parishes, Louisiana, after the storm's landfall. The increase in hospitalization rates lasted for more than one month and was higher among older black adults, compared to older white adults.

New research finds that the number of deaths associated with the inhalation of wildfire smoke in the U.S. could more than double from 15,000 annually today to 40,000 by the end of the century. Continued increases in wildfire activity in the continental United States due to climate change could worsen air quality over the coming decades, triggering more deaths.

A new study predicts that in the coming decades the United States’ heat problem will grow more dangerous and expensive, as a warming climate will drive thousands more people into emergency rooms across the country and could cost tens of millions more dollars in treatment by 2050.

A new report by the Environmental Audit Committee predicts that higher temperatures which caused 2000+ deaths in 2003 will be summer norm by 2040s, making adaptation to heatwaves a matter of life and death. The report warns of severe strains on the healthcare system, infrastructure, urban dwellers, and vulnerable populations.

This guide aims to support carers of people with dementia for the periods before, during and after a natural disaster. The contents of the guide complement the RediPlan disaster preparedness guide from the Australian Red Cross. The guide provides

This paper discusses disaster-related health risks associated with people who have underlying non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Asian urban communities. With reference to NCD situation in Hong Kong, this paper offers key policy recommendations for