However, life expectancy is still low (49 years), and similarly to other LMICs, the burden of disease is still high and predominantly constituted by preventable and curable diseases, most notably HIV/AIDS, malaria and respiratory diseases (IHME, 2013), which are also among the major causes of under-five mortality [21].
Although the burden of preventable disease is predominantly in middle- and, especially, low-income countries, most global health centres are located in high-income countries.
To determine if the majority of reintubations, a potentially preventable adverse event, were predominantly due to residual muscle relaxant effects, we analyzed our quality assurance database to identify the causes of reintubation.
For example, Brazil is estimated to expend $51,000,000 per year for surgical repair of heart valve diseases caused by the complications of a preventable disease acute rheumatic fever that occurs predominantly among slum children [ 9].
Ladies and gentlemen, millions of children and women die each year of preventable causes because they are predominantly poor and excluded people whose civil, political, social, economic and cultural rights are systematically denied -- violations that sectoral interventions alone cannot fully address.
Among the causative agents, it was predominantly Gram-negative bacteria and S. aureus, no vaccine-preventable etiologies.
But if history is a guide, Rana Plaza will not be the last such preventable tragedy to take the lives of workers, predominantly female, desperate to earn even the most meagre living.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is predominantly caused by cigarette smoking and is considered a worldwide preventable chronic illness.
The Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations (PPH), also named Potentially Avoidable Hospitalizations, Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions or Prevention Quality Indicators (PQI), are hospital admissions –predominantly exacerbation of chronic conditions– that conceptually may be preventable with timely and appropriate outpatient care [ 1, 2].
Given the financial costs and the predominantly negative experiences associated with nursing home care in Australia and other countries (eg, England), 7– 9 the identification of potentially preventable or remediable risk factors for placement should be a high priority.
