Md Anwarul Azim Majumder

Dr. Md Anwarul Azim Majumder, a medical educationist and public health specialist, is currently working as the Director of Medical Education in the Faculty of Medical Sciences at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados, West Indies. He worked previously at the University of Bradford, UK, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia and Centre for Medical Education, Bangladesh, and has been actively involved in the innovation and experimentation of medical education. He is also the Executive Editor of the South East Asia Journal of Public Health (published by the Public Health Foundation, Bangladesh) and the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Advances in Medical Education and Practice. He has published a number of peer-reviewed papers on medical education and health care.

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The main aim of modern public health is to improve the quality of life and promote health for all. Public health deals with a wide range of individuals and collaborates with various organizations, departments, and agencies to improve health, forestall disease and promote well-being. The field of public health is constantly evolving in response to the needs of communities and populations that are facing demographic, epidemiological and technological challenges. To overcome these challenges, health professionals need to conduct research to generate evidence-based policies to improve the health of the community. Throughout the course of this book, a number of emerging and re-emerging public health issues from different countries are discussed and attempts are made to illustrate a balanced and evidence-based approach towards tackling major public health problems.

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Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes: Two Sides of the Same Coin!

By Sayeeda Rahman, Md. Anwarul Azim Majumder, Russell Kabir, Mainul Haque, Subir Gupta, Sana Mohammad Yasir Arafat, Nkemcho Ojeh and Prasad Dalvi

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) and type 2 diabetes (T2DM) are rapidly rising around the globe. Empirical researches demonstrated rapid increase in mortality and morbidity related to CVD and T2DM. Much of the diabetes-associated morbidity and mortality predominantly reflects its deleterious effect on macrovascular and microvascular diseases. The microvascular complications of T2DM include retinopathy, neuropathy and nephropathy and the macrovascular complications include ischemic heart disease, cerebrovascular disease and peripheral vascular diseases. Research indicates that coronary heart disease (CHD) is the major cause of mortality in people with T2DM. Herein, this chapter reviews relationship between CVD and T2DM, associated complications and effectiveness of relevant treatment modalities to treat/prevent diabetic macrovasculopthy. Macrovascular disease occur due to underlying obstructive atherosclerotic changes of major arteries which cause functional and structural abnormalities of blood vessels. The long-term complications can be controlled and prevented by controlling glycemia, maintaining normal lipid profiles, adopting a healthy lifestyle and using pharmacological interventions. Clinical trials have shown that lifestyle interventions help in prevention and reduction of CVD risk, but evidence for long-term CVD outcomes is lacking. A multidisciplinary approach involving patients, health professionals and researchers and governments should be undertaken to reduce the incidence and prevalence of diabetes-related cardiovascular complications.

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