The GBD Project has characterized and captured data on disease-related mortality, morbidity and disability since the early 90s. As an engineer, I appreciate the expansive effort to better understand the burden of disease in a data-driven manner; however, the existence of data, let alone complete data, is a luxury found in high-income and some middle-income countries. Where does that leave the rest of the world? In 2010, only 15% of the world’s population was captured by complete, high-quality data. For some countries, their incomplete datasets were sufficient enough to allow for extrapolation utilizing the country-based data. Most of the world, however, lacks any such viable data and the result is extrapolating on extrapolated data that was extrapolated from other extrapolated data.


Adult mortality in these countries is extrapolated utilizing in-country child mortality and an estimated median level of adult mortality from complete, historical life tables from across the world. These life tables could be from a different time in history and/or a different part of the world than the LMICs whose data are being extrapolated from these life tables. These estimated values are then compared to modified life tables in order to find a “best” match and create a dataset consisting of age-specific death rates. This methodology is used for general mortality distributions. One step further allows for the creation of disease-specific mortality distributions. The vast amount of estimation and correlation utilized in order to calculate these numbers introduces an extremely high amount of uncertainty for the GBD reported adult mortalities and causes of death, especially for non-communicable diseases which are less understood than communicable diseases.


Despite, the large amounts of estimation in the data, the GBD project does not caution about the uncertainty associated with this data. In fact, one has to dig in order to find the data extrapolation methods, and I still have not been able to find clear uncertainty values associated with the distributions that they report. Data without clearly stated limitations or uncertainty is troublesome. For some individuals, the extent of extrapolation would warrant calling the data fabricated, especially when reported without caution or uncertainty values. To be clear, the GBD project is an excellent project that will, eventually, serve as a great tool for policymakers across the world. But rather than spending vast amounts of money on extrapolation tools for LMICs, should we be redirecting those specific funds towards helping these countries establish more reliable means of collecting death-related data? Even if the data is incomplete, utilization of country-based adult mortality data has to be better than the degree of extrapolation that currently exists in order to estimate the impact of NCDs on mortality, morbidity and disability.

Hi all,

I am an undergraduate student majoring in Biology and Chemistry. I joined this forum as part of a class project to gain more insight about how the field of NCDs is shifting in LMICs and developed countries. Thus, to whoever this may concern:


In 2002, the WHO published a report on how global health systems are not designed for chronic problems but rather focus on models surrounding acute care. Currently, has there been an improvement in the transition from acute to chronic care models in the countries that you have researched in? And if so, what specifically has changed?


Apart from systematically improving training and allocation of resources at the patient health care and health care organizational level for chronic care, do you believe there is a space for mobile health to aid this improvement in the near future from your past experiences? If so, what experiences have you had or papers have you read that portray the challenges and/or success to addressing chronic conditions with eHealth in LMICs?

Hi,


Just thought of checking if you received my earlier emails. Sorry if you’re not the right person to contact about this, but could you please direct me to someone responsible for website updates regarding resources for cancer victims?


Thank you very much, and have a nice day!


Melissa

Hi,


I’m Melissa from Coupon Chief. Just wanted to ask if you received my email about our guide to financial resources for cancer patients. I hope you don’t mind if I include a link here – thought you might want to see it first:

https://www.couponchief.com/guides/financial_help_for_cancer_victims


Best,


Melissa

In a nation where we hear a lot about the importance of work-life balance and the risk of career burnout, many of us are overworked—regularly putting in more than the standard 40-hour work week.


Instead of going through the motions like each day is an item to be checked off a to-do list, I want to help people live fulfilling lives complete with a successful career and happy personal life.


I’d love to write a guest article for your site. The piece will be free of charge and will provide advice any busy professional can work into their lives so that they can hop off the proverbial hamster wheel and start thriving.


If you’re interested, please let me know. I hope to hear from you soon.


All the best,

Julie


Julie Morris

julie@juliemorris.org

www.JulieMorris.org

hi

i just read about yp cdn and i found it so helpful that i joined immediately. i am a medical student in Iran and i want to help the people in my country in health issues , but i dont know how to start. can you help me?

Hi,


I saw that you mentioned “National Childhood Cancer Awareness” on Young Professionals Chronic Disease Network’s website. I’ve been looking for some resources for cancer patients online, so thanks for this:

http://www.ncdaction.org/reflecting_on_the_nextgen_leaders_for_ncds_workshop_impact_on_ncd_advocacy_in_east_africa


I’m Melissa, and I work for Coupon Chief. I thought you might be interested in checking out our guide on how to save on expenses involved in cancer diagnosis and treatment. If you are, let me know and I’ll forward along the link to the guide. It includes many money-saving moves every cancer patient should know.


We hope to reach cancer victims and their families and help alleviate the financial burden associated with cancer. So perhaps it’s worth linking to along with the other resources on your website?


Thanks!


Melissa

Hello,


We’re interested in advertising on blogs, like NCD Action.

Could you please let me know what advertising options you offer? We’re specifically interested in sponsored posts.

Thanks for your time.

James Andrew

hello. When would we know the result of selection of the YSEALI ENGAGE Health program in Jakarta?

is there any plans to extend the registration? I forgot to register because of the lecture. Thank you

is there any plans to extend the registration? I forgot to register because of the lecture. Thank you

is there any plans to extend the registration? I forgot to register because of the lecture. Thank you

Dear sir/madam, My name is Ly Rathana, a medical student at the University of Health Sciences. I have submit my application for YSEALI Engage already. Please let me now if you really receive my information. Best regards, Rathana

Dear Sir/Madam,


I am Rahma from Indonesia. One of requirements to join YSEALI Engage Workshop is being a member of YSEALI. I have registered in the website, but I still didn’t receive any email for the confirmation links. My email address is aifilarr@gmail.com . What am I supposed to do, then? I want to join the workshop anyway. Thank you.


Regards,

Rahma Rizky

I want to join The 2019 YSEALI-ENGAGE Workshop; but I did not find the link how to apply. Can you forward the link to my email at: kiuomersfrozan@gmail.com

Respected Sir/Madam,

Greeting!


Happy New Year 2019 you and your team.


I am Ashit BK, Co-founder and CEO of Youth Entrepreneurship and Tourism for Social Development (YESTD), Kathmandu, Nepal. And, Founder and President of Young Professional Development Society Nepal (YPDSN). YESTD is company and YPDSN is NGOs. It has been registered as per Government of Nepal’s rule and regulation as well as affiliation with respective government bodies. We have been working youth empowerment, leadership and professional development activities and result oriented project – programs which can help us and them for entrepreneurship growth and support tourism exchange programs. I was review your organization web page. It is very interesting and inspiring for me and what we have been doing and what we are looking for collaboration partnership. Therefore, I am writing this email on behalf of YESTD and YPDSN. Please feel free further discussion and explore partnership opportunity between us.


I am looking forward to your cooperation.


With Regards

************

Ashit BK

Co-Founder & CEO

Youth Entrepreneurship and Tourism for Social Development (YESTD)

PO Box 19243 | Kathmandu, Nepal

Tel : +977 1 400 8185

Mobile: +977 9849737943

Email: ashit.bk@yestd.com.np

Skype : ashitbk

www.yestd.com.np

I want to join The 2019 YSEALI-ENGAGE Workshop, but I have a question. If I am Indonesian, must I have a valid passport because the workshop will be held in Bandung, Indonesia? Thank you.

Hi!


My name is Abigail, and I’m part of the editorial team of HVMN. We research and present articles discussing health, nutrition and diet, among other topics related to human optimization.


I’m going over some articles and I came across one of yours: http://www.ncdaction.org/obesity_is_now_a_global_epidemic and I would love to share it across my reach.


Our team recently published a related article, which you can find below:


5 Surprising Things About the Keto Diet

https://hvmn.com/blog/keto-diet/5-surprising-things-about-the-keto-diet


Would you be interested in collaborating with us and publishing our piece on your site as an additional resource? From our end, we would promote your page by sharing it with our Twitter following, you can just send us over the link to the article once it’s live, along with other content you want us to promote and we’ll do our best to disseminate.


By the way, if you’re interested in a long-term partnership, we can provide you with high quality articles on a weekly basis that would hopefully contribute in enriching the content on your site.


In case you decide to publish, here’s a Google doc version of our article: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IMA0zNkHZWLTPfEzqlR-B1Dx32hzCOXUnwzCTL-HlLw/edit?usp=sharing. This will make it easier for you to copy and paste, or revise, wherever you see fit.


I’d love to get your feedback on the above.


Kind regards,

Abigail

Hello, I am Fakhry. I want to ask about the registration of The 2019 YSEALI-ENGAGE Workshop. I am not a member of YSEALI. I have tried to join as a member, but I did not get any reply from YSEALI. Can I still join in this program without become a YSEALI member?

Hi there, i am Fairuz from Malaysia. I have been trying to register to become member of YSEALI, but there are no email send to my inbox. Please help me check on this as i am interested to apply for the upcoming programe in Indonesia. Thank you.

Greetings YP-CDN! I, together with my 2 other friends are willing to join your latest YSEALI Engage activity. 2 of us are Psychology graduates (one is a Registered Psychometrician and the other taking his Master’s degree) together with a Registered Pharmacist. We are active participants on any civic engagements in our community. We wanted to join as a group however, it seemed to have individual registration. I would like to ask if we could apply individually yet we will pass same goal, objectives and programs since we worked on it as a team. Thank you very much and hoping for an immediate response.

Can I volunteer to write for our blog post?

My email: to.ceri.lan@gmail.com

I have been trying to register to become member of YSEALI, but there are no email send to my inbox. Pls help me check.


My email: to.ceri.lan@gmail.com

Hello, i’m Lian from Indonesia, i havent pasport yet, can i apply the 2019 YSEALI engage workshop that held in Bandung?

Thanks

hello I am johaini I want ask you how the way we can register to follow worksop?