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Non-communicable diseases must have greater priority, says WHO
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The World Health Organization has launched a new global initiative to try to ensure that non-communicable diseases urgently get given much greater priority in the health and development policies of poor nations and on global aid agendas. At present non-communicable diseases such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes, and chronic lung disease are responsible for about 35 million deaths each year, or 60% of all deaths worldwide, says WHO. Of these, 80% occur in low and middle income nations. All four diseases share the same risk factors: tobacco use, unhealthy diets, physical inactivity, and harmful use of alcohol, say WHO experts. The agency predicts that percentage increases in mortality from non-communicable diseases will reach double digits in the coming years, thus …
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Metadata
- Authors
- Zarocostas, J.
- Venue
- BMJ
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Published
- 2009-07-14
- Volume
- 339
- Issue
- jul14 1
- Pages
- b2857-b2857
- ISSN
- 0007-1447 (ISSN-L)
- 0959-8138
- 1468-5833
- OpenAlex
- W2083297344
- Cited by
- 517
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 35.95
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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