Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) |
NCDs are becoming highly prevalent worldwide due to increased life expectancy and other complex mechanisms, like urbanization. In low- and middle-income countries, NCDs will not necessarily replace, but additionally affect people, often at earlier ages. They are a major burden for household and national budgets and a poverty risk. The primary prevention of NCDs, as well as access to affordable treatment are central to fighting the NCD epidemic. EPH focuses on understanding the relevance of environmental and lifestyle risk factors in NCD etiology and progression. Policy activities evaluate the potential of structural prevention in slowing down the NCD epidemic. The department exhibits broad expertise in both communicable and non-communicable disease epidemiology in low, middle and high income countries.
Units doing research on this topic
All EPH units have broad expertise in this topic.