About three-quarters of global deaths from noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) occur in
developing countries. Nearly a third of these deaths occur before the age of 60 years. These …

Many front-line health workers and decision makers in low-and-middle-income countries
think that operational research is a luxury that competes for implementation resources [2] …

Infectious diseases have been a major human enemy in the course of history. Advent of
vaccines, antibiotics, antimicrobial agents and improved sanitary and hygienic conditions …

Operational research is increasingly being discussed at institutional meetings, donor forums,
and scientific conferences, but limited published information exists on its role from a disease …

CONCLUSION This article outlines key research agendas in NCDs. Indigenous capacity
building in NCD research is essential. Cost-analysis is required to identify cost-effective …

Advances in health professional education have been slow to materialize in many
developing countries over the past half-century, contributing to a widening gap in quality of …

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are beginning to dominate the global health
landscape. Despite numerous calls to action for chronic disease preventive and control, the …

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have reached pandemic levels globally and pose a
major threat to social and economic development worldwide. The discipline of epidemiology …

Globally, most of the burden from noncommunicable disease is now evident in low-and
middle-income countries (LMICs). At the same time, many effective noncommunicable …

Operational research in low-income countries has a key role in filling the gap between what
we know from research and what we do with that knowledge—the so-called know–do gap …