Busting the Myths
Myth 1
Chronic diseases affect mostly high income countries.
Truth
Four out of five chronic disease deaths are in low and middle income countries.
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Myth 2
Low and middle income countries should control infectious diseases before they tackle chronic diseases.
Truth
While low and middle income countries continue to deal with the problems of infectious diseases, they are experiencing a rapid upsurge in chronic disease risk factors and deaths, especially in urban settings.
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Myth 3
Chronic diseases mainly affect rich people.
Truth
In all but the least developed countries of the world, poor people are much more likely than the wealthy to develop chronic diseases and are more likely to die as a result. Moreover, chronic diseases cause substantial financial burden, and can push individuals and households into poverty.
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BATA greet to parliament for pass TC law
Posted by Aminul Islam on April 30, 2013 at 15:51 0 Comments 0 Likes
Greetings for enactment of Tobacco Control Law amendment bill
Call for law compliance
Bangladesh Anti-Tobacco Alliance (BATA) greeted Jatiya Sangsad for enactment of most desired Tobacco Control Law amendment bill. Bangladesh Anti-Tobacco Alliance (BATA), a platform of more than 700 organizations across country greeted government, media, mass people and Jatiya Sangsad from a demonstration organized at the premise of Teacher and Student Center (TSC) of University of…
ContinueGreetings for enactment of Tobacco Control Law amendment bill: Call for law compliance
Posted by Syed Mahbubul Alam on April 30, 2013 at 9:20 0 Comments 0 Likes
quick update: Tobacco Control Law amendment bill is passed right now
Posted by Aminul Islam on April 29, 2013 at 10:58 0 Comments 0 Likes
Just 10 minutes ago, Bangladesh National Parliament have passed the TC amendment bill.
update information of TC law will let you know later. But more or less we already shared several times wit you that:
- pictorial warning at 50%
- elaboration of public place and public transports definition
- increase punishment for law violation by TI
- increase punishment for smoking at public places/transports
- ban direct/indirect ads
-include chew tobacco within tobacco…
Enactment of law amendment bill demanded in upcoming parliament
Posted by Aminul Islam on April 20, 2013 at 13:24 0 Comments 0 Likes
Enactment of law amendment bill demanded in upcoming parliament
Anti-tobacco organizations demanded enactment of tobacco law amendment bill with recommendations of nullification of provision of smoke-free zone, provision of individual right to litigate for law violation, and stopping tobacco ads under CSR activities by tobacco companies. The speakers made the demand from a roundtable jointly organized by WBB Trust, ACLAB, AID, Prottyasha, and NATAB at BILIA Center…
Continue Enactment of law amendment bill demanded in upcoming parliament
Posted by Aminul Islam on April 20, 2013 at 13:24 0 Comments 0 Likes
Enactment of law amendment bill demanded in upcoming parliament
Anti-tobacco organizations demanded enactment of tobacco law amendment bill with recommendations of nullification of provision of smoke-free zone, provision of individual right to litigate for law violation, and stopping tobacco ads under CSR activities by tobacco companies. The speakers made the demand from a roundtable jointly organized by WBB Trust, ACLAB, AID, Prottyasha, and NATAB at BILIA Center…
ContinueEnactment of law amendment bill demanded in upcoming parliament
Posted by Syed Mahbubul Alam on April 20, 2013 at 8:56 0 Comments 0 Likes
Anti-tobacco organizations demanded enactment of tobacco law amendment bill with recommendations of nullification of provision of smoke-free zone, provision of individual right to litigate for law violati
on, and stopping tobacco ads under…
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Greetings for enactment of Tobacco Control Law amendment bill Call for law compliance
Started by Syed Mahbubul Alam in Sample Title Apr 30. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Greetings for enactment of Tobacco Control Law amendment bill Call for law compliance Bangladesh Anti-Tobacco Alliance (BATA) greeted Jatiya Sangsad for enactment of most desired Tobacco Control Law…Continue
Bill placed to make tobacco control law more time befitting
Started by Syed Mahbubul Alam in Sample Title. Last reply by Roger Paul Kamugasha Mar 10. 1 Reply 0 Likes
A bill, titled ‘Smoking and…Continue
HIV and NCD
Started by Sristi Sharma in Sample Title. Last reply by Roger Paul Kamugasha Nov 3, 2012. 2 Replies 2 Likes
At the recent AIDS Conference held in Washington DC some sessions were help on Non Communicable Diseases among People living with HIV (PLWHIV). With the use of ARTs we find that PLWHIV have their own…Continue
Outstanding Training Opportunity:45th Ten-Day International Teaching Seminar on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, July 14-26 2013, Seoul, South Korea
Started by Mark Huffman in Sample Title Sep 27, 2012. 0 Replies 1 Like
International Society of Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiologyand…Continue
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