There is a growing number of hospital deaths and complications from long-standing illnesses, with hypertension and diabetes consistently identified as leading risk factors.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says African countries must ramp up awareness and bolster prevention and care to curb the burden of Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) on the continent.

Traditionally, the NHS tends to undertake a lot of tertiary and secondary prevention, and may do less primordial prevention. Other actors, particularly local government and other government ...

Primary prevention seeks to prevent disaster-related deaths, injuries, or illness before they occur (i.e., evacuate residents prior to landfall of a hurricane).

The Pain Prevention Research Center at HSS brings together a team of dedicated researchers, clinical scientists, and administrators. The vision of the team is to support innovative, high-quality ...

Objectives This systematic review with meta-analyses of randomised trials evaluated the preventive effects of vitamin A supplements versus placebo or no intervention on clinically important outcomes, ...

Background Non-adherence to secondary prevention medicines (SPMs) among patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) remains a challenge in clinical practice. This study attempted to identify actual ...

Objective To estimate the extent of suboptimal statin use for the secondary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) at different stages of the treatment pathway and identify ...

Objectives Since 2006, general practitioners (GPs) in England, UK, have been incentivised to keep a register and monitor patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) stages 3–5. Despite tensions and ...